While he was to appear before the court of Nanterre on Tuesday for “fraud” in the case of the reimbursement of the expenses of his legislative campaign in 2012, Claude Guéant was hospitalized urgently.
The former Minister of the Interior Claude Gueanthad a busy schedule for Valentine’s week. He was to be tried on Tuesday in Nanterre to explain a fraud Revealed in the case of the reimbursement of the costs of his legislative campaign in 2012. His plans have been disrupted, according to his lawyer Me Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi, at the microphone of BFMTV this Monday morning. Claude Guéant had to be “hospitalized urgently for a surgical operation” and will therefore not be able to appear before the Nanterre judge.
The lawyer adds that “New pathologies have appeared and others worsened because of his detention ». His client, Claude Guéant, was Minister of the Interior, Overseas Territories, Local Authorities and Immigration for a year, from 2011 to 2012, in the government of François Fillon. He also stayed very close to the former President of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy who had previously offered him the post of Secretary General of the Presidency of the French Republic from 2007 to 2011.
Claude Guéant in the hospital
If Claude Guéant was admitted urgently to the hospital, the fact remains charged in an investigation into the fraudulent reimbursement of his legislative campaign expenses in 2012. The 77-year-old friend of Nicolas Sarkozy faces up to five years in prison and a fine of 375,000 euros. Claude Guéant must also appear in court to answer for the “illicit financing” of his campaign. After his release from prison last Wednesday, the former minister does not seem to be in a sufficiently good state of health to attend his trial for two days.
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Claude Guéant was to be tried in Nanterre from Tuesday for “fraud”.
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“New pathologies have appeared and others have worsened because of his detention” according to Claude Guéant’s lawyer.
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The former Minister of the Interior faces up to five years in prison and a fine of 375,000 euros.
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Claude Gueant is 77 years old.
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Claude Guéant must also answer for the fraudulent financing of his campaign in 2012.
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His trial was to last two days.
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His trial date should be postponed.
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Claude Guéant assures that “everything has been paid, even beyond his contributory share”.
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Claude Guéant had to be hospitalized urgently.
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Claude Guéant – Trial of the Elysée polls, during which N.Sarkozy was forced to present himself
Claude Guéant must also be judged again in the Élysée polls file.