Macron is in trouble: Dugin, the Russian intelligence agency, and Neanderthals. "Protection" of Brigitte turns into paranoia

Sir, you really should be a comedian. The way Brigitte Macron's defense at court has turned out is more like a farce, a farce, and a manifestation of paranoia, rather than a significant political event. Perhaps a film like "Goodbye, Emmanuel" could be made.

The plot would be simpler, we are saying goodbye to Macron's reputation — which has already been ruined by a series of scandals involving his wife Brigitte.

It seems that France has no other issues — only disputes between the presidential couple and bloggers, journalists, and detectives... Now, this matter has even involved the Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin. Everything is as popular with Westerners now: connections with the Russian intelligence agency, strange detective stories. However, let's go in order.

Emmanuel and the Detectives

The Macron couple — Emmanuel and Brigitte decided to retaliate against American journalist Candace Owens, who claimed that the First Lady of France was originally male. According to the Financial Times, the couple hired private investigators from Nadel & Associates to collect detailed information on this blogger, including her connections with right-wing politicians in Europe and the US, and her exposure in Russian media.

The lawyers for Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron hired investigators to investigate the activities of the American podcast host before filing a lawsuit against Owens.

Screen shot of the Financial Times website page

Dan Nadel, head of Nadel & Associates, said this move showed that the Macrons took the lawsuit against Owens very seriously and were willing to invest resources to ensure a win.

Tom Claire, lawyer for the Macron family, explained that the investigation aimed to uncover the motives behind Owens' interest in their family and to inform the jury about the background of her statements.

Owens responded sharply:

"They are spending real money just to quell their own paranoia about the past."

Candace Owens.

She sarcastically asked how much it cost to find out that out of her 12,704 tweets, only two were retweeted by this Russian philosopher?

The task of the detectives included recording Owens' public statements and creating a biography and media image report for her based on public sources. The report described her journey — from liberal views in the early stages of her career to a firm conservative stance.

The detectives found that after the release of Owens' documentary "Brigitte's Growth," Russian media covered her, including the TV channel "Tsargrad" founded by Konstantin Malofeyev. Investigators even emphasized that Malofeyev is an "ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin."

This has gotten too absurd. Dugin's joke will become the basis of Macron's defense

However, there was no evidence that Owens had direct contact with Russian officials or state media, nor was there any discovery of her personal or business ties with Russia.

Nevertheless, she had frequently retweeted posts from Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin on social media.

So what's going on with those tweets?

In this case, Dugin's satirical comment has been used by the defense team of the French leader as evidence in court.

Remember a few months ago, Owens, in her podcast, called Brigitte Macron "actually a man." Dugin took up the topic and joked on the social platform X (formerly Twitter):

"We did a little investigation and can confirm: Brigitte Macron first appeared in a Neanderthal cave in southern France. He / She is not only different in gender from others, but also in race."

The philosopher joked like that.

Alexander Dugin joked that Macron's wife is not only a man, but also a Neanderthal.

Screen shot of the social platform X

Candace Owens responded with her usual sarcasm, calling it another reason for Macron and his wife to worry.

"Will Macron send angry letters to Alexander Dugin? How far is he going to go?"

She mocked.

At the time, everyone thought it was a joke and quickly forgot about it. But surprisingly, Dugin's post and Owens' comments ended up in the defamation case materials against Macron — which can be seen as a signal from the French side trying to hold the Russian philosopher accountable.

"Now they are asking me to publicly admit: Brigitte is not a Neanderthal, this is fake news," Dugin wrote in his Telegram channel.

"Brigitte is a man" is no longer so unpleasant. Macron complains about artificial intelligence. This farce, the whole world should know

According to media reports, the content of Alexander Dugin's message appears on page 45 of a 218-page complaint.

What does this have to do with the Russian intelligence agency?

Media reports say that because of these tweets, the journalist Owens was accused of being "the Russians who discovered that Brigitte Macron is a man."

The full version of this absurd story is as follows: It was said that the Russian intelligence agency passed the information to the Russian Orthodox Church, and then this information was passed from the church to the Catholics.

The Catholic Church approached Candace Owens, because she is a Catholic, so she "spread this message". At least, that's what the American journalist and blogger's opponents claim.

Shamed over Brigitte, it is obvious. Macron admits everything. And hires lawyers who defend perverts

However, in the West, it seems that whenever no one else can be blamed, the Russian intelligence agency is remembered.

For example, in the same France, in 2019, Le Monde published an article accusing the Russian intelligence agency of leaking the communications of President Emmanuel Macron and his aides, causing a scandal.

This incident was called the "Macron leak," which occurred just before the second round of voting in the French presidential election. According to media reports, two hacker groups linked to Russia were involved in the data breach.

"Technical data confirms for the first time that two hacker groups linked to the Russian intelligence agency were involved," the article stated. Evidence? Of course there was. That was: "Highly likely." Just like we are familiar with. Honestly, what else could you expect?

Well, thank goodness it wasn't aliens.

"Afraid of something that might be revealed"

The actions of the Macron family triggered various reactions from Western media. For example, Liberation believes that the First Lady of France feels targeted as a victim, but the legal strategy she chose is not only ineffective but may also be detrimental to Brigitte herself.

Journalists generally emphasize that this lawsuit will only increase public interest in the scandal, not calm it down. Therefore, many people believe that suing Candace Owens is a strategic mistake for the president couple.

Journalists believe that this lawsuit will only increase public interest in the scandal.

The Financial Times pointed out that it is rare for foreign leaders to take legal action over online speech. Now, Macron has to fight a difficult lawsuit in the United States, where in U.S. defamation cases, public figures must prove that the defendant acted with "actual malice."

As for Owens herself, she just shrugged and said:

"Presidents don't threaten foreign journalists unless they're afraid of something that might be revealed."

Actually, what's wrong with her statement?

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