Jacques Cattin is in the eye of justice. The deputy Les Républicains of the 2nd district of Haut-Rhin was indicted on Thursday for “violence against a person responsible for a public service mission”, according to the Colmar prosecution. He is accused of attacking a regional adviser of the National Rally in May 2021.
This indictment comes within the framework of a judicial investigation and “the investigating judge is continuing his investigations”, specified the public prosecutor, Catherine Sorita-Minard. Jacques Cattin was not placed under judicial supervision.
He wanted to prevent the elected RN from filming the flouring of Jean Rottner
Jacques Cattin is accused of attacking an RN regional adviser, Christian Zimmermann, on the sidelines of a rally on the teaching of Alsatian, on May 29 in Colmar, according to information from the Latest News from Alsace.
The daily says that Jacques Cattin had intervened to prevent the elected RN from “immortalizing with his smartphone” the president of the Grand Est region, Jean Rottner, floured by an activist from the Alsatian regionalist party “Unser Land”. Christian Zimmermann had announced, on his Twitter account, to file a complaint against the LR deputy the same day.