It has been more than two years since the "Penelopegate" shakes the political sphere. After attending nine hearings in their embezzlement trial, Penelope and François Fillon will know the verdict of justice Monday, June 29, 2020. And the least we can say is that the sentence requested by the prosecution is not to be taken lightly. The former presidential candidate faces five years in prison, including two farms, a fine of 375,000 euros and ten years ineligibility, while his wife faces three years suspended prison sentence and the same fine. Friday, June 26, 2020, the show team Pros time discussed the matter live on CNews. Pascal Praud did not hesitate to be very hard on the couple.
Pascal Praud cropped by a speaker and a columnist
"I don't need judgment to know that to put his wife to work when she has done nothing … Everyone has made up his own mind. Everyone understood that Ms. Fillon had done basically nothing", released the journalist, provoking the anger of Mr. Alain Jakubowicz."Pascal, what you say is scandalous for a very simple reason, it is that the defense of Fillon, rightly or wrongly, argued that Mrs. Fillon had worked, the lawyer, who was invited by videoconference, was indignant. So let justice answer this question. What you just did is unacceptable, because you insert in the idea of your viewers that the decision is made. "
"She's so bad that someone pleaded guilty to this"replied Pascal Praud."I'll wait for justice to rule if you allow, tempered columnist Ivan Rioufol. We don't do justice on TV sets. Finally, what do you want to defend?"But the presenter of the 24-hour news channel was not convinced at all."It is suspected that she did not work for her husband, it is very simple. You come in the evening at 8 p.m., you come with emails, you come with work and you say: "This is all I have done," he replied. One thing is certain, the Fillon affair has not finished talking.
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