Alexandre Benalla is sent to correctional in the case of diplomatic passports, in particular for "forgery" and "use of forgery", indicates a judicial source.
This former official at the Elysée is also cited in five other judicial inquiries.
Alexandre Benalla, ex-project manager at the Elysee Palace, was sent back to correctional for "forgery" and "use of forgery" and "public use and without the right of documents justifying a professional quality" at the end of the investigation on his diplomatic and service passports, a judicial source said on Wednesday.
This is the first referral to trial of the former collaborator of Emmanuel Macron, whose name emerged with the scandal of the violence committed during a demonstration on May 1, 2018 in Paris.
In addition to the passport case, he is the target of five other judicial inquiries.