In June, an investigation for scam had been opened after a complaint from the couple of deputies of rebellious France. Both had been unduly accused in an article in the “point” of having exploited an undocumented maid
Le Monde with AFP
The former deputy Jean-Christophe Lagarde was placed in police custody on Wednesday September 7 as part of the investigation into the false accusations of the point having targeted the couple of deputies of rebellious France (LFI) Raquel Garrido and Alexis Corbière, learned the agency France-Presse (AFP) from the Paris prosecutor’s office, confirming a Parisian information .
Jean-Christophe Lagarde, president of the Union of Independents (UDI), was arrested at his home, said a source close to the file. An investigation for scam had been opened on June 29, following the complaint of LFI deputies, a week after the publication of an article in the point implicating them.
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The point of the point, written by journalist Aziz Zemouri, unduly accused the couple of having exploited an undocumented maid, which the two elected officials had immediately denied firmly. “Everything is wrong,” they said. Very rare fact, the article had been removed the next day. In an address to its readers, the newspaper had admitted that the article had “revealed false” and “false”.
Journalist Aziz Zemouri had himself filed a complaint against Jean -Christophe Lagarde – former deputy and president of the UDI, beaten in the second round of the legislative elections by M me Garrido – and against a police officer . He claimed that the policeman in question had contacted him before the legislative elections to put him in contact with a woman claiming to be a household assistance, undeclared and undocumented, of the couple of deputies. This agent “would be detached from the town hall of Drancy” – whose mayor is the wife of Mr. Lagarde.