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| French presidency faces new embarrassment from ex-bodyguard |
| 2019-01-01 |
| [PRESSTV] Emmanuel Macron's former security adviser has revealed that he regularly spoke and exchanged messages with the French president even after he was removed from his job over a political scandal in July. Alexandre Benalla, originally Macron’s bodyguard before taking the adviser’s role, made the revelation in an interview with French news website Mediapart on Monday, saying he has had conversations with the president and other brass hats on the Telegram messaging application since he was evicted from the Elysee Palace in July. "We exchange messages on lots of different subjects. It's often like, 'how do you see things'. It could be about the 'yellow vests', the views on someone or security issues," Benalla said in the interview. "It will be hard for them to deny, since all these exchanges are on my mobile telephone," he added. This comes as French officials have time and again said there were no contacts between the former bodyguard and the presidency since his sacking. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 French phrase for "blue oyster"? How about 'France'? Or, in honor of its national football/soccer squad, Les Bleus! |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2019-01-01 22:08 |
| #7 Someone should start a meme that the yellow vest protesters are being homophobic. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-01-01 11:38 |
| #6 What's the French phrase for 'Blue Oyster'? |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-01-01 07:09 |
| #5 'Sacked'...was he ? Ex-Bodyguard still carrying Dip passport. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-01-01 07:03 |
| #4 Shades of Bath House Barry's driver in Chicago... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-01-01 07:02 |
| #3 Something VERY odd about Macron, he married someone who'd nowadays be arrested for child abuse, and then some persistent rumours about him and the bodyguard... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-01-01 06:53 |
| #2 He beat up some protesters |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-01-01 05:35 |
| #1 I don’t remember this story. Was this the alleged gay bodyguard? |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2019-01-01 03:15 |