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,” reacted in a press release Me Rodolphe Bosselut, lawyer for the president of the RN group in the National Assembly.
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