PARIS: Paris prosecutors on Monday opened a probe into alleged false testimony in the case of French President Emmanuel Macron's former bodyguard who was filmed hitting protesters at last year's May Day rally.
A perjury probe has been opened targeting Benalla as well as Vincent Crase, a former staffer of Macron's ruling party, and Strzoda, prosecutors said in a statement. The investigations were opened after the Senate signalled deficiencies in testimony to the Paris prosecutors.The Senate complained of"incoherence and contradictions" in the testimony of Strzoda and two other top aides of Macron, chief of staff Alexis Kohler and presidential security chief Lionel Lavergne.
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