France: Le Pen and Castaner have war of words over Benalla case

SOT, Christophe Castaner, Secretary of State for Parliamentary Relations, Executive Officer of La Republique En Marche party (French): *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW*
SOT, Marine Le Pen, President of National Rally party (French): *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW*
SOT, Christophe Castaner, Secretary of State for Parliamentary Relations, Executive Officer of La Republique En Marche party (French): *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW*
SOT, Marine Le Pen, President of National Rally party (French): *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW*
SOT, Christophe Castaner, Secretary of State for Parliamentary Relations, Executive Officer of La Republique En Marche party (French): *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW*
SOT, Marine Le Pen, President of National Rally party (French): "I am extremely polite, sir. (Inaudible) Politeness would want you to be in the hemicycle to explain yourself on the monstrous state scandal that we are assisting. You are there with journalists, you are there delivering your elements of language and you are refusing to go to the hemicycle. Since this morning you are shaving the walls. Do you have something to blame yourself for? Yes, and you are right to do so. *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW*"
SOT, Marine Le Pen, President of National Rally party (French): *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW*
SOT, Christophe Castaner, Secretary of State for Parliamentary Relations, Executive Officer of La Republique En Marche party (French): *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW*
SOT, Marine Le Pen, President of National Rally party (French): "Your friends from En Marche refuse your hearing. You won't be sumoned because they refuse to summon you. Your friends from En Marche protect you like they have protected the hooligans that Mr. Benalla and Mr. Crase are."
SOT, Christophe Castaner, Secretary of State for Parliamentary Relations, Executive Officer of La Republique En Marche party (French): *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW*
SOT, Marine Le Pen, President of National Rally party (French): "So why do you not want to respond to the investigative committee? You should respond to the investigative committee of your own spontaneous initiative."
SOT, Christophe Castaner, Secretary of State for Parliamentary Relations, Executive Officer of La Republique En Marche party (French): *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW*
SOT, Marine Le Pen, President of National Rally party (French): *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW*
SOT, Christophe Castaner, Secretary of State for Parliamentary Relations, Executive Officer of La Republique En Marche party (French): *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW*
SOT, Marine Le Pen, President of National Rally party (French): *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW*
France: Le Pen and State-Parliament relations secretary Castaner argue over Benalla case
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen and Secretary of State for Parliamentary Relations Christophe Castaner had a verbal altercation over the case of dismissed Macron aide Alexandre Benalla in the French National Assembly in Paris on Monday.
Le Pen criticised Castaner for being in the Four Columns Room of the Assembly talking to journalists instead of in the hemicycle where the Benalla case was being discussed.
"Politeness would want you to be in the hemicycle to explain yourself on the monstrous state scandal that we are assisting," Le Pen told Castaner. "Since this morning you are shaving the walls. Do you have something to blame yourself for?"
Castaner answered that he would be ready to testify in case of a request from the investigative committee. "You won't be summoned because they refuse to summon you. Your friends from En Marche protect you like they have protected the hooligans that Mr. Benalla and Mr. Crase are," Le Pen said.
Alexandre Benalla was the head of security for the president's engagements. On May 1 during clashes between the police and protesters, a man swas recorded grabbing a woman by the neck and charging her down the street. Shortly afterwards the same man returned and was seen attacking another protester. The man has been identified as Benalla.
On Friday Benalla was fired and detained after the video went public. He faces charged of assault and impersonating a police officer.