The Minister of the Interior denounces the “slanderous remarks” of the LFI deputy from the North, who claims to be the victim of a “lynching (…) obviously political”.
The response was not long in coming. directly incriminated by Adrien Quatennens – who suggested that Beauvau would be involved in his conviction for domestic violence -, Gerald Darmanin announced on Tuesday that he would take legal action without delay. “The Minister of the Interior has decided to file a complaint for defamation following (these) slanderous remarks”indicates to Figaro the entourage of number three in the government.
A “political lynching”
In question, the recent accusations of the deputy Insoumis, according to whom the “lynching” who is currently aiming for it would be obviously political. “Several concordant sources tell me that this was directly orchestrated from the Ministry of the Interior. I am not in a position to affirm it myself today. What is certain, however, is that it is fast, efficient and very selective”he indeed slipped in an interview with The voice of the North after several months of silence.
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Sentenced to a four-month suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to domestic violence against his future ex-wife, Adrien Quatennens also confirms that he does not intend to resign from his mandate as a deputy. Determined to return to the benches of the National Assembly, where he has not sat since September, the former dolphin of Jean-Luc Mélenchon will however submit to the four-month “delisting” decided by the LFI group. before meeting his colleagues.