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The Senate office has just rendered its decision. He seizes the justice of the cases of Alexandre Benalla, Vincent Crase, but also of the three high officials of the Élysée. The five men are believed to have concealed the truth when
their auditions in the upper chamber.
This is not a surprise for Alexandre Benalla and Vincent Crase. For the three employees of President Macron, however, there was a doubt.
The centrists, members of the Senate office, did not want to send them to court, judging the evidence against the three men too light. That would be tantamount to using the Senate to settle accounts with Emmanuel Macron, some explained.
Republicans and Socialists, on the other hand, wanted the Senate to play its full role, having conducted hearings for weeks. They have therefore been successful, even though the details of the vote are not yet known.
So now the prosecutor will take the case.
An offense punishable by five years in prison
Alexandre Benalla, Vincent Crase and Patrick Strzoda, Emmanuel Macron's chief of staff, are suspected of giving false testimony, said Socialist Senator Victorin Lurel, a member of the Senate Bureau. An offense punishable by five years in prison and 75,000 euros fine.
Emmanuel Macron's other collaborators are Alexis Kohler, Secretary General of the Elysée, and Lionel Lavergne, Head of the Security Group of the Presidency of the Republic.
The aftermath of the May 1st affair
Alexandre Benalla was fired from the Elysee Palace in July 2018 after the broadcast of videos showing him, helmeted, violating demonstrators on the sidelines of the demonstrations of the 1st of May in Paris, while he was an "observer" among the policemen .
Vincent Crase, reservist of the gendarmerie and former employee of La République en marche, was at his side.
This episode, however, was only "the tip of an iceberg," said Philippe Bas, the chairman of the commission of inquiry, for whom the actions of Alexandre Benalla have "affected" the security of President Emmanuel Macron .
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