Accused in an investigation published this week by a journalist of having relied on unsavory networks to conquer Bobigny at the last municipal elections, Jean-Christophe Lagarde opposes the investigation of the journalist Ève Szeftel which he describes as "dish towel" ". The deputy announced that he would lodge a complaint and want to have the latter condemned for "defamation".

He denies en bloc and intends to file a complaint against "270 pages of lies, slander, defamation" and a "fabric of nonsense". The UDI and its president Jean-Christophe Lagarde are strongly criticized for supposed clientelist practices in Seine-Saint-Denis. An investigation published this Wednesday in the book The mayor and the barbarians, by AFP journalist Ève Szeftel, tells how the centrist party would have relied on unsavory networks, inside the cities, to conquer Bobigny in the last municipal elections, a city then acquired by the PCF for almost a century. After inviting the journalist last Sunday to know the details of his investigation, Jean-Christophe Lagarde asked Europe 1 for a right of reply to defend himself.

"A cloth, a shame"

"This dishcloth is a shame that I am chasing and that I will condemn for defamation!", Jean-Christophe Lagarde gets carried away at the microphone of the "Grand journal du soir", Sunday. Eve Szeftel's book "is not an investigation, she never sought contacted me or the people she is accusing! Is this called journalism? No, this is militancy political! "affirms the deputy who points out a link between the journalist and the PS candidate for the municipal elections of Bobigny Fouad Ben Ahmed," his friend and friend ".

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