Expenses scandal: Marine Le Pen's Front National headquarters raided by French police

[DonViejo]

Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE


20 FEB 2017 AT 13:51 ET

French investigators probing an alleged fake jobs scam by the far-right National Front (FN) raided the group’s headquarters outside Paris on Monday, the party said.

The raid is the second in a year by investigators trying to determine whether the FN used European Parliament funds to pay for 20 assistants presented as parliamentary aides while continuing to work for the party elsewhere.

“For the second time, a raid took place at the same offices, over the same allegations, which confirms that the first raid amounted to nothing,” the party said in a statement.

The group accused investigators acting for the Paris prosecutor’s office of a “media operation” designed to disrupt the presidential campaign of FN leader Marine Le Pen.



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[hrmjustin]

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[orwell]

2. Marine...

MFGA - Making France Great Again - one investigation at a time!

[turbinetree]

3. What does S**t sound like when it hits the fan

Marine Le Pen

[world wide wally]

4. Sadly, this s how you have to fight these fascist pricks

[Eugene]

5. Le Pen aides taken into French police custody

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS | Wed Feb 22, 2017 | 9:19am EST

Le Pen aides taken into French police custody

French police detained far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's bodyguard and chief of staff in custody on Wednesday for questioning over alleged misuse of European Union funds to pay parliamentary assistants, Le Pen's lawyer said.

Le Pen denounced the latest move in a financial sleaze case that has landed her in the spotlight alongside another leading candidate, Francois Fillon, a right-winger being investigated over public funds he paid to his wife and children.

Wary that her image and lead position in polls of voting intentions could be hurt, Le Pen on Wednesday said she was convinced voters would not fall for what her lawyer Marcel Ceccaldi called a "manipulation" designed to destabilize her.

"The French can tell the difference between genuine scandals and political dirty-tricks," Le Pen, who has previously denied any wrongdoing in the affair, told reporters.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-lepen-idUSKBN1610XQ