Marine Le Pen and several leaders of the Rassemblement National (RN) are in court for alleged embezzlement from the European Parliament through a system of fake jobs for assistants. The accusations date back to 2015 and involve contracts from 2004 to 2016, where most assistants reportedly worked solely for the RN and lacked genuine parliamentary duties. Prosecutors claim the party misappropriated three million euros, and although the RN has reimbursed one million, they claim this is not an admission of wrongdoing. Key testimonies have pointed to conversations and contracts made under false pretenses.
Evidence against the party includes contracts for periods as short as a single day to squeeze every last cent out of their spending allowances.
Several people have testified about a 2014 meeting that one said discussed a clear 'fake jobs' structure.
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