An encrypted phone and four diplomatic passports: what Alexander Benalla has retained after his departure from the Elysee

The relics preserved by Alexandre Benalla after his visit to the Elysée accumulate. In addition to the two diplomatic passports he was ordered to return in early January after a controversial trip to Africa, the former chargé de mission Emmanuel Macron, sacked following the case of 1-May, still had two special passports , said "service", and that would not have been returned at the time of his departure, according to information duck chained .

Two passes. One of these documents was drawn up when Alexandre Benalla was working for the interministerial delegation for equal opportunities for the French overseas, the weekly said. The other was issued June 28, 2018, just weeks before an article of the World mediates his participation in a skirmish between CRS and protesters, Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris on the sidelines of May Day parades. In all, Alexandre Benalla left the Elysée with four special passports.

A phone to 2.500 euros. The former bodyguard also kept the secure phone that he had at the Elysee: a model "Teorem" secret defense, manufactured by Thales for the trifle of 2,500 euros, still specifies the palmipède. Used by the president himself and the highest characters of the state, this high-tech device must in principle be returned at each departure. Otherwise, its holder falls under the justice and risk up to three years in prison and 45,000 euros fine.

New auditions. The telephone and the passport issued in 2018 were finally returned to the presidency and the Ministry of the Interior on 11 January by the lawyer of Alexander Benalla, after a new solicitation of Patrick Strzoda, the chief of staff of the president of the Republic. The latter had already asked by mail for clarification on the use of the first two diplomatic passports, returned to the investigators on January 9.

Patrick Strzoda could also be questioned by senators on these new revelations. This close Emmanuel Macron is expected Wednesday before the commission of inquiry opened on the Benalla case, and who also planned to audition Christophe Castaner and Jean-Yves Le Drian.