the five suspects soon presented to an investigating judge

The case Alexandre Benalla, collaborator of the French presidency dismissed after violence on May 1, continues to occupy the front of the political scene and media in France: the suspects will be presented this Sunday to an examining magistrate, while the Minister of the Interior, Gerard Collomb, is audition Monday in front of the National Assembly, where the opposition is in boiling. The Figaro reports on the judicial investigation, while two other investigations, administrative and parliamentary, are also in progress.

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The custody of the five suspects was lifted Saturday night in the investigation into the violence committed on May 1 in Paris. They must be presented this Sunday to a magistrate of instruction, announced the floor. Among them: the main suspect, Alexandre Benalla. Emmanuel Macron's close friend, in charge of his safety, has been implicated in videos revealed Wednesday for striking protesters during Labor Day, wearing police badges, while he was present as a simple observer to the police. Despite his dismissal announced Friday, the Elysee has failed to defuse the crisis. The second suspect is Vincent Crase, whose custody, before being lifted, was extended Saturday morning. This reservist gendarme, employee of the presidential party, was with Alexandre Benalla at the 1st of May, said the parquet floor of Paris. The last three suspects in this case are three high-ranking police officers who have been suspended for sending video surveillance footage to Alexandre Benalla on Wednesday night. They were placed in custody Saturday morning.

What is the risk of Alexander Benalla? As early as Thursday, the Paris public prosecutor's office had opened a preliminary investigation for "violence by a person in charge of a public service mission", "usurpation of functions" and "usurpation of signs reserved for the public authority". The first two counts are each punishable by three years in prison, the last of one year's imprisonment. "The case is now in the hands of justice, and that's fine," responded the prime minister, Édouard Philippe, in the wake. Finally, the next day, Alexandre Benalla was placed in police custody for five different reasons: violence in meetings by a person in charge of a public service mission; usurpation of functions; illegal wearing of badges reserved for public authority; complicity in diverting images from a videoprotection system. In the meantime, Justice had discovered Alexander Benalla's attempt to retrieve CCTV footage from the May Day demonstration. A case in the case for which three senior police officers will also be presented to a judge.

Silence at the Elysee, raising the shield in the Assembly

In addition to the preliminary investigation of the justice, another, administrative, was launched by the "font police" and a third by the 'National Assembly. In this context, the Minister of the Interior, Gerard Collomb, will explain to the deputies what he knows about this case: he will be heard Monday at 10:00 by the Committee on the Laws of the National Assembly, with powers of investigation , announced Saturday its president Yael Braun-Pivet (LaREM, presidential majority). In addition, the woman and the man struck by Alexander Benalla during the May Day demonstrations asked to be heard later by the investigators.