Three years in prison sentence probationary were required on Wednesday against the former Minister of the Interior, accused “of fraud for his campaign expenses” during the legislative elections of June 2012.
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The question of the president, Nabila Mani-Saada, is as frank as direct: “How do you live all that, Mr. Guéant?” The answer is no less: “I live very badly these multitudes of procedures. (…) I have a very big feeling of injustice. “
Claude Guéant, ex-minister of the interior and ex-secretary general of the Elysée during the five-year term of Nicolas Sarkozy (2007-2012), former prefect and former director general of the national police, appears again before the justice. These October 11 and 12, here he is at the Nanterre court where he responds to the 14 e Correctional chamber of “campaign expenses” during the legislative elections of June 2012 – Mr. Guéant presented himself In the 9
graying hair, thinned silhouette, dark suit and matching tie, the man seems tired. Released from prison in February after two months of health imprisonment following a conviction in the bonuses affected by cash during his visit to the Ministry of the Interior (February 27, 2011-10 May 2012) , Mr. Guéant, also sentenced to one year in prison in January in the Elysée polls case, answers the questions of the court with this monocorded tone and this word he likes.
In this procedure opened in April 2014 in Nanterre, Mr. Guéant is suspected of having subtracted from his campaign accounts a printing bill so as not to exceed the ceiling of expenses authorized up to 67,000 euros and be able to benefit from the reimbursement of the State.
“Propaganda document”
The case starts at the end of January 2014. The ex-deputy (UMP, which has since become the Republicans) of Hauts-de-Seine Thierry Solère-today advisor to President Macron and under the thirteen indications, In particular for “tax fraud” and “fictitious employment” – signals fraud to the Nanterre prosecution. According to him, Claude Guéant – whom he defeated in the second round of the 2012 ballot – had his 2012 campaign financed by the city of Boulogne -Billancourt with the complicity of the mayor and former UMP deputy Pierre -Christophe Baguet. The subject of the offense is based on a four -page letter that the mayor addresses to the voters of his commune in early January 2012, in which he announces that he will not seek the renewal of his mandate as deputy in the June elections and that he chose Mr. Guéant to succeed him. Against Mr. Solère, who also targeted this constituency.
On the last of the four pages, Mr. Baguet publishes the declaration of application of Mr. Guéant. For Mr. Solère, the town hall of Boulogne-Billancourt paid for this document invoiced 12,854 euros and broadcast in 49,000 copies. In fact, the City has never been seized for the payment of this letter, which Mr. Baguet ensures that it consisted of a personal approach. It is the national headquarters of the UMP which honored a part of the invoice up to 5,300 euros, the remaining 7,500 euros having never been sold.
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