2023-12-08 17:02:13
Two financial investigating judges on Friday ordered the referral to the Paris criminal court of Marine Le Pen, the National Rally and 26 other people suspected of having participated in a system of embezzlement of European public funds between 2004 and 2016, a indicated the Paris prosecutor’s office, confirming information from Franceinfo.
A first hearing on the organization of the trial for embezzlement of public funds and complicity is scheduled for March 27, 2024 before the debates on the merits which will take place in October and November 2024, said the prosecution.
“This decision is unfortunately not a surprise,” said Rodolphe Bosselut, lawyer for the president of the RN group in the National Assembly, in a press release.
Marine Le Pen “has not committed any offense or irregularity”, reacted the RN this Friday. “We formally contest the accusations made against our European deputies and parliamentary assistants,” reacted the party, assuring that the trial would “finally give it the opportunity” to defend itself on the merits “and to put forward (its) arguments properly. sense “.
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