A preliminary investigation was opened against Jean-Luc Mélenchon and "several leaders of the association La France insoumise" for "breach of trust", according to the Paris prosecutor's office. 

A preliminary investigation was opened on May 14 for "breach of trust" targeting "several leaders of the association La France insoumise", AFP learned on Tuesday from the Paris prosecutor's office, confirming information from the duck chained .

The investigation, entrusted to the Financial Brigade, aims, according to concordant sources, to verify the "conditions in which the leaders of LFI, including Jean-Luc Mélenchon, paid the fines and damages to which they were sentenced "in December 2019 in the stormy search case at LFI headquarters the previous year.

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