The new accusations of embezzlement of European public money against Marine Le Pen, candidate of the National Rally for the presidential election, are “stink balls”said Philippe Ballard, spokesperson for the RN and regional councilor for Île-de-France, Monday April 18 on franceinfo. “We are not fooled, these are cases that date back ten years, it comes out a few days before the second round, I think the string is a little big”he added.
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Marine Le Pen, accused of having personally embezzled around 137,000 euros of public money from the European Parliament between 2004 and 2017, when she sat there, “absolutely disputes the facts”, he assured. Besides, she “had no documents” and “has had no news” from the European anti-fraud office (Olaf), which makes these accusations in a report submitted in March to the French courts. “On the other hand, Mediapart”who revealed the affair, “could have [des documents]”, he was indignant. Olaf’s investigation has been open since 2016 and Marine Le Pen was questioned by mail in March 2021, her lawyer, Maître Rodolphe Bosselut, told Agence France presse.
Misappropriation of €137,000 of European public funds ➡️ “Marine Le Pen disputes the facts. She had no documents, Mediapart did. It’s just called stink balls”, for Philippe Ballard, communications director of Marine Le Pen. pic.twitter.com/zFblztM4mv
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Philippe Ballard also wondered about the progress of business that splashes Emmanuel Macron. “On McKinsey, there is a file that has been sent to the national financial prosecutor’s office”, he recalled. The PNF has indeed opened an investigation into the tax practices of the American consulting firm, to which the government has resorted. For Francois Fillon [en 2017]it was very fast, the instructionhe was indignant. There, I don’t know what we’re doing at the national financial prosecutor’s office, the magistrates have to sleep a lot “.