At the enchantment trial of FN parliamentary assistants, Wallerand de Saint-Just poses as a “little telegraph operator” | EUROtoday

The president of the courtroom persists in calling him “Mister Saint-Jus”. Wallerand de Saint-Just will not be related, he’s not very revolutionary and he has different issues in the intervening time. The former treasurer of the National Front (FN) was sentenced on March 31, 2025 for complicity in embezzlement of public funds to 3 years in jail, together with one yr in jail, 50,000 euros and three years of ineligibility with provisional execution, one of many heaviest sentences – he has already been mechanically dismissed from his mandate as regional councilor of Ile-de-France. At the enchantment trial of the FN parliamentary assistants, on Wednesday January 28, he saved his again and admitted nearly nothing to the accusation.

The president, Michèle Agi, took time to place in problem the 75-year-old former lawyer, talkative, alert, who is aware of all of the methods of his former occupation. Treasurer since 2009, he claims to have little to do with the sport of musical chairs of the European assistants, to soak up the monetary allocations of the European Parliament.

“There were FN European deputies since 1984, I never took care of it, insisted the defendant. I only took care of it, so as not to pay social security contributions twice, when party employees became parliamentary assistants, or FN member assistants, which is not very frequent. » There were seven in 2014, of which only two were prosecuted. Notably Thierry Légier, Le Pen’s bodyguard, paid 5,000 euros as an assistant, then just as much for part-time. “Security officers are always well paid,” notes the treasurer rigorously.

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