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Macron’s disgraced ex-bodyguard admits ‘mistake’
PARIS, July 26, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron’s former
top security aide admitted he “made a mistake” in attending a demonstration
where he was filmed roughing up May Day protesters, in an interview published
Thursday.
But Alexandre Benalla also denounced what he said was a “desire to get at
the president” over the scandal.
“I feel like I have done something really stupid. And have made a
mistake… I should never have gone to that demonstration as an observer,” he
told the newspaper Le Monde.
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