Alexandre Benalla was once again indicted on February 11 in the investigation of his diplomatic passports, this time for "forgery" and "use of forgery", AFP learned Friday from a judicial source, confirming information by Mediapart.
In this case, the former Elysee mission manager had already been indicted since January 2019 for "public use and without the right of a supporting document of professional quality".
A new judicial episode
At that time, he was also placed under the status of assisted witness, intermediary between the simple witness and the indictment, for "breach of trust", "forgery and use of false administrative document" and "improper obtaining of an administrative document" . Her lawyer said she was "very, very happy" with the outcome of this appearance.
On February 11, the investigating judge in charge of the case therefore decided to also indict him for "forgery and use of false administrative documents". This investigation aims to clarify the conditions under which the former official in charge of the Elysee Palace continued to use diplomatic passports after his indictment in July 2018 for violence during May 1 and his dismissal.
Trips to Africa
Three close collaborators of Emmanuel Macron, including the secretary general of the Elysee Palace Alexis Kohler and his then chief of staff, François-Xavier Lauch, were heard in April 2019 by the judges responsible for this investigation.
After initially affirming before the Senate to have left them in his office at the Elysee Palace, Mr. Benalla had admitted having recovered and used these passports, then had returned them. According to Mediapart and Le Monde, Mr. Benalla used one of his two diplomatic passports to enter several African countries.
In addition to the passport file, Alexandre Benalla was also indicted for the violence committed on the sidelines of the May 1, 2018 parade and for the selfie taken with a weapon during the 2017 presidential campaign.
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