The Hauts-de-Seine deputy Thierry Solère (LREM) has been heard since Wednesday by the investigating judges in charge of the investigation for tax evasion, influence peddling and embezzlement of public funds against him in Nanterre, has Friday learned from the prosecutor's office, confirming information from the Parisian. The MP is questioned about his consulting activities in private, while he was elected general counsel of Hauts-de-Seine and MP.
Thierry Solère is suspected of having used his position of elected to favor some of these companies, so that they obtain public contracts. The hiring of the wife of a former head of one of these companies as a parliamentary assistant is also of interest to the investigators. On Monday, former socialist justice minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas was sentenced by the Court of Justice of the Republic to one month suspended prison sentence and a fine of 5,000 euros for forwarding to Mr. Solère elements of the investigation, when he was Keeper of the Seals.
Thierry Solère has always declared himself innocent of the facts
The survey also covers real estate loans made by a friend developer, allowing the acquisition of several apartments, resold then realizing strong capital gains. On this aspect, the lawyer for the deputy, Pierre-Olivier Sur, has always assured that he had available to the courts documents proving the legality of the loans. Thierry Solère has always declared himself innocent of the facts he is accused of and has not yet been indicted.
The interrogations are expected to continue next week, the prosecutor said, without specifying the end date of the hearings.