INTERVIEW
Did Gérald Darmanin intercede on behalf of a resident of Tourcoing looking for accommodation in exchange for sexual favors? The Minister of the Interior had been the subject of a preliminary investigation for "abuse of weakness" after these facts, which took place in 2015. This investigation was closed in 2018. But a feminist collective, "Pourvoir feministe", expressed Wednesday on Europe 1 the intention to reopen the investigation, this time for "influence peddling".
For Gerald Darmanin's lawyer, Me Mathias Chicheportiche, however, this is not necessary, since Justice has already ruled on this qualification. "I hear that the qualification of influence peddling would not have been considered. But for the public prosecutor of Paris, there is neither abuse of weakness, nor influence peddling", swept the lawyer on Europe 1 Wednesday evening.
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