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The flamboyant pleading of François Fillon's lawyer

2020-03-11T19:16:25.397Z


STORY - On the last day of the ex-prime minister's trial, Mr. Levy worked to weaken the arguments of the prosecution.


Me Antonin Levy delivered, Wednesday, a sparkling argument for the benefit of François Fillon. The day before, the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) had ferociously strangled the former prime minister, his wife, Penelope, and his former deputy, Marc Joulaud . At the end of their indictment, the prosecutors Nataf and Létocart notably demanded 5 years in prison, 3 of which were suspended, 375,000 euros fine and 10 years of ineligibility against François Fillon.

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Me Levy, then. Torrential speaker, often funny, always clever. He canonizes the instruction in order, safe from this barrage, not to put himself in too much danger when it comes to tackling the most embarrassing points for him. The lawyer first pretends to adhere to preconceived ideas: "You should absolve Mr. Fillon because he did not do worse than the others, or condemn him because he should have been more demanding than the other." But he will propose another path, which leads to release for good reasons.

Anyone who declares in the press that Penelope Fillon was not working is immediately heard. For others, the eagerness is not the same

Me Levy, lawyer for François Fillon

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Source: lefigaro

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