Former Interior Minister Claude Guéant was to be tried from Tuesday in Nanterre for “fraud” in the investigation into the reimbursement of the costs of his 2012 legislative campaign.
Monday morning, on BFMTV, his lawyer Me Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi declared that the latter had been “hospitalized urgently for a surgical operation”. “New pathologies have appeared and others have worsened because of his detention”, according to his counsel.
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The relative of former president Nicolas Sarkozy, aged 77, faces up to five years in prison and a fine of 375,000 euros. The one who was also prefect and director general of the national police was also to appear before the criminal court for “illegal financing” of the campaign.
fragile health
The trial, scheduled to last two days, could therefore be postponed for medical reasons.
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Case of the leaflet: “an error”
The case of the leaflet dates back to January 3, 2012, when Pierre-Christophe Baguet, UMP mayor (now LR) of Boulogne-Billancourt and outgoing Hauts-de-Seine MP, announced his support for Claude Guéant to succeed him. the National Assembly. The elected official had detailed the reasons for his support for the minister, enclosing his candidacy. “We can’t dream of a better candidate for our city,” he wrote.
The letter had been reported by Thierry Solère, dissident and victorious UMP candidate, who suspected Mr. Baguet of having partly financed it with money from the municipality. The city councilor recognizes “an error”, but affirms that he thought he could take charge “personally” of the bill and that it was then decided that it would be the UMP, his lawyer Mario Stasi told AFP.
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The mayor of Boulogne-Billancourt faces up to one year in prison and a fine of 3,750 euros for “illegal financing” of the campaign.
For his part, Claude Guéant’s lawyer notes that the National Commission for Campaign Accounts “was fully aware” of the situation. “Where is the fraud, from the moment the Commission knew? “, he is indignant.
Other legal adventures for Guéant
In addition to this trial, Claude Guéant must be retried in the Elysée polls file, after appealing his conviction, on January 21, to one year in prison, including eight months, for favoritism.
He also remains indicted in the case of suspicions of Libyan financing of the presidential campaign of Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007.
