Ciotti heard after revelations about his ex-wife's jobs

They were heard as part of the preliminary investigation opened for embezzlement of public funds, breach of trust and concealment of these offenses.

Eric Ciotti and his ex-wife were heard in a free hearing after the revelations about the latter's multiple jobs, in particular as a parliamentary attaché, the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) said on Monday, confirming information from RTL.

According to this source, the president of the Republicans, deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes, was received by the investigators on December 13 and Caroline Magne on December 20.

Asked by

, Eric Ciotti's entourage did not wish to react.

Up to "eight times the hourly minimum wage" at the Assembly

The PNF had announced the opening of this preliminary investigation in November 2022, in the midst of the campaign for the presidency of LR, after an article in Le

.

He revealed that Caroline Magne had accumulated jobs in the Assembly, in the city of Nice and in the Alpes-Maritimes department for almost ten years.

According to

, his annual salaries reached up to 94,500 euros.

And as a parliamentary attaché, she would have received up to “20,000 euros per year for 5.5 hours per week”, “eight times the hourly minimum wage at the time”.

Eric Ciotti had claimed to have employed his ex-wife as a "very part-time" collaborator and "in strict compliance with laws and regulations".

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