26 Jul: Daily Mail: Macron denies arrested bodyguard is his LOVER and says he did not give him the codes for Frances NUCLEAR BOMBS
Alexandre Benalla was sacked after video of him beating protesters emerges
Macron has said he was ‘disappointed and betrayed’ by his ex-bodyguard, 26
He attacked media coverage of the scandal and denied romantic links with him
By Lara Keay and Peter Allen In Paris
He has now been arrested and taken into police custody, with the President branding his actions ‘disappointing’ and a ‘betrayal’.
In a statement to MPs he said Benalla was not his lover nor did he have access to any codes for France’s nuclear weapons.
He said to his fellow En Marche representatives on Tuesday: ‘Alexandre Benalla has never had the nuclear codes
Alexandre Benalla is not my lover.’
It is the second time Macron has denied a gay affair, after his sacking of Radio France boss Mathieu Galet, 41, led to claims it was to quash rumours of a relationship...
The French leader launched an attack on the media coverage of the scandal, which has sent his popularity ratings plummeting, reports The Telegraph.
He said: ‘We have a press that no longer seeks truth...
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