Bardella had previously instructed his lawyer to lodge a lawsuit against Mediapart, the website that first published the logs from over a decade ago. This development emerges as candidate Marine Le Pen maintains a lead in the polls for the 2027 presidential election, with expectations from the party that she would appoint Bardella as prime minister if she wins.
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French News Outlet Authenticates 2013 Antisemitic Messages by Jordan Bardella
World19 days ago
The leader of France's far-right National Rally is under renewed scrutiny after an investigative report verified a series of hate-filled messages attributed to him. The confirmation by a French news organization indicates that private chats sent by Jordan Bardella in 2013 containing antisemitic content are authentic, contradicting the 31-year-old's previous claims that the allegations were false.
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