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French prosecutor investigates alleged illegal funding of Le Pen’s 2022 election campaign

  • July 9, 2024
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Far right campaign Marine Le Pen for the 2022 presidential elections. investigated on suspicion of illegal financing, The Paris prosecutor’s office reported this on Tuesday. An investigation has

Far right campaign Marine Le Pen for the 2022 presidential elections. investigated on suspicion of illegal financing, The Paris prosecutor’s office reported this on Tuesday.

An investigation has been launched six possible crimes, including embezzlement persons performing public functions, falsification of documents and receipt of a loan from a legal entity by a candidate in an election campaign, the prosecutor’s office clarified.

Other possible crimes under investigation: a loan from an organization to a candidate in an election campaign, fraud against a public figure and use of forged documents.

The investigation was opened on July 2 and was completed. Chief of the Police Financial Brigade, who works under the supervision of an investigating judge.

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The prosecutor’s office made this decision after evaluating the report submitted to it. National Commission on Campaign Accounts and Political Financing (CNCCFP).

At the moment, neither Le Pen nor her National Rally (RN) party responded to the announcement of the investigation.

Presidential elections in April 2022. They gave a second mandate to Emmanuel Macron, who again defeated Le Pen in the second round, whom he had already beaten in the 2017 elections.

However, in this case Macron had an advantage noticeably already (17.1 percentage points compared to 32.2 in 2017).

(EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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