“The debates were bitter, difficult; We have to go back up this slope, -Mᵉ David Dassat-Le Deist murmured. It is a Sisyphean job for the defense. But, Camus said, “we must imagine Sisyphus happy.” » It is not certain that the lawyer of the National Union (RN) is finally happy, but he said without disguise, and with some virulence, on Tuesday, November 26, what the accused had in their hearts, on the eve of the end of the trial. of the party’s collaborators in the European Parliament.
“It is a bad accusation against a political party and against politics, said the lawyer. The trial has become political. I heard an accusation, which is a manifesto: an unprecedented fraud, a new betrayal of the clerics, an attack on democracy. There is the European Parliament, dressed all in white, and the good guys on one side and the bad guys on the other. » “The feudal lord” of all this, “the one-man orchestra of fraud”It would be Wallerand de Saint Just, treasurer of the party, whom he also defends. In fact, he quickly abandoned the treasurer in the open field to harshly attack the two prosecutors, and “your narrative of this file”.
These requests are for the lawyer. “an infamy”while RN is the main opposition party and “the stimulation of political life”. The prosecution demanded a sentence against the RN “suffocating” of 4 million euros, half of which is suspended (in addition to the million already seized by the courts), which corresponds to the assets of the last income statement for 2023, while in the liabilities there are 20 million of outstanding debts and loans . “Would it really hurt the prosecutor to also look at the liability column? »
“We are in affection, in vengeful violence”
The attack is indirect, but violent. The prosecutor, during a long accusation on November 13, shared with her colleague in the prosecution, indicated that she lacked evidence about a case, but had blurted out: “That would hurt too much.” to request release. “Ah, the confession! “, Marine Le Pen immediately jumped in and the party has been doing so ever since. The word is certainly unfortunate, but it refers only to the obscure 2011 contract of Jean-François Jalkh, since hit by a stroke and who will perhaps be tried later, when he was in an inextricable situation since at the same time parliamentary. assistant to Jean-Marie Le Pen, secretary general of the FN, regional councilor of Lorraine, employee of a consulting company and an accounting firm.
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