journalist Julien Daguerre highlights the “astonishing margins” made by the communications company Sophia Chikirou, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s right-hand man

Thursday October 5, “Complement d’investigation” devotes a program to Sophia Chikirouthe queen of spades by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Journalist Julien Daguerre explains thatafter having contacted the main parties concerned, “we were quickly made to understand that a priori it would be very complicated to meet her“. He adds : “We tried to expand the staff of La France insoumise. Here again, we were treated to silence.“ Asked about his report to the press, Julien Daguerre replied: “He has always been a little complicated, […] particularly since the 2018 searches.“

A conflict of interest?

At the head of a communications company, Sophia Chikirou was also communications director for Jean-Luc Mélenchon in 2017. Should this be seen as a conflict of interest? Suspicions of overbilling are currently being examined by the courts. “There is an accounting report which highlights astonishing margins on the part of Sophia Chikirou which could be explained by overbilling.“ Also present on the set, the journalist Gilles Bornstein believes that these suspicions could go back to Jean-Luc Mélenchon.