The ax fell. And it’s not going to displease the party of Marine Le Pen. Worried by the law for having funded and provided campaign kits to its candidates during the elections, the intermediate from 2012 to 2015, the Rassemblement national (RN) has just been sentenced in the first instance by the correctional court of Paris to 18.750 euro fine for “concealment of abuse social goods”.
This criminal conviction, the first in the history of the party to the flame, is no less a cause of relief for Marine Le Pen. The three-week trial last November, have led to the substitution of the party for the main accusation of fraud. An offence for which the prosecutor’s office in Paris had requested a fine of 500,000 euros against the RN, and the lawyer of the State, a civil party to the lawsuit, the damages to the tune of 11.6 million euros. Of the sums which, if they had been applied by the tribunal, would not have failed to put seriously in question the financial survival of the party. Already in debt to the tune of over 20 million euros.
Prison farm for a close to Marine Le Pen
in view of The rate of interest important charged by the micro-party, Jeanne, as the bills deemed to be excessive, “campaign kits” provided by the company Riwal – two entities then led by relatives of Marine Le Pen , the justice suspected a move that “for the purpose of obtaining the refund by the State of interest dummy”, that could be the scam, such as the abuse of social goods.
If only the second charge has been brought against the ex-national Front, its treasurer, Wallerand de Saint-Just, rest sentenced to 6 months suspended prison sentence. The member of the european parliament and former secretary-general of the micro-party, Jeanne, Jean-François Jalkh, is sentenced for fraud. It bails out of two years in prison with 18 months suspended, and 5 years of ineligibility. Re-elected to the european Parliament in may 2019, he will have to resign from his duties.
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Close to Marine Le Pen and former officer of the company Riwal, a supplier of kits in the campaign to candidates, Frédéric Chatillon is sentenced to the most severe sentence : 30 months imprisonment, of which ten months farm, and 250.000 euros of fine. Neither the national Gathering, or any of the other people involved have, for the moment, expressed the wish to appeal the decision.
The editorial team conseilleBrève breath of fresh air for the finances of the Gathering nationalSujetsRassemblement nationaljustice176 commentairesprojetxle 16/06/2020 20:15
“justice” Our orders so zealous to make people pay for the RN, however, it was difficult to condemn the rioters. Not white enough for them?
White riotle 16/06/2020 19:50
the wallet of encartés was hot
16/06/2020 19:30
Justice leftists!
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