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Macron’s former security aide released from custody

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FILE - In this Jan.21, 2019 file photo, former President Macron's security aide Alexandre Benalla appears before the French Senate Laws Commission prior to his hearing, in Paris. French senators said Wednesday Feb.20, 2019 they believe the security of French President Emmanuel Macron has been affected by the conduct and actions of his former security aide, at the heart of a damaging political scandal. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

French senators: Macron security affected by ex-aide’s acts

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Former President Macron's security aide Alexandre Benalla appears before the French Senate Laws Commission prior to his hearing, in Paris, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. Benalla has been taken into police custody last week in an investigation of possible misuse of diplomatic passports and then released. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Macron ex-security aide: Diplomatic passports given back

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept.19, 2018 file photo, former President Macron's security aide Alexandre Benalla appears before the French Senate Laws Commission prior to his hearing, in Paris. The Paris prosecutor office said Thursday Jan.17, 2019 a former security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron was in police custody Thursday in the investigation on the possible misuse of diplomatic passports. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

France: Former security aide to Macron in police custody

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France investigates ex-Macron aide’s diplomatic passports

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018 file picture former President Macron's security aide Alexandre Benalla appears before the French Senate Laws Commission prior to his hearing, in Paris, France. France's Foreign Ministry is threatening legal action against a former security aide to President Emmanuel Macron, amid reports that he continued using his diplomatic passports after being fired for beating a protester. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

New scandal around fired Macron aide troubles France

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

In this April 29, 2017 file photo, then French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron visits a market in Poitiers, central France, while Alexandre Benalla, left, looks on. A French investigative website has published photos of Benalla, a former security aide of President Emmanuel Macron posing with a gun in a fun photo with a waitress during a campaign stop weeks ahead of the May 2017 election — without any known authorization to be armed. (Eric Feferberg/Pool via AP, File)

Emmanuel Macron’s presidency hurt by ex-aide flaunting gun in photo

By Elaine Ganley - Associated Press

Former President Macron's security aide Alexandre Benalla appears before the French Senate Laws Commission prior to his hearing, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Benalla who triggered a political crisis after being videotaped beating a protester is grudgingly appearing before a Senate inquiry commission whose members he insulted as &quot;little people&quot; for whom he has no respect. He was fired in late June when the affair became a political scandal. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Ex-aide is star witness of panel probing French crisis

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 1, 2017 file photo, French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, front right, flanked by his bodyguard, Alexandre Benalla, centre left, in Paris. Former security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron, Alexandre Benalla, who set off a political scandal after being videotaped beating up a protester said Wednesday Sept. 12, 2018, that he will appear before a Senate inquiry commission as requested, because he has no choice. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, FILE)

France: Ex-aide in taped beating will testify, grudgingly

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Christian Jacob, head of the parliament group of the conservative Les Republicains party, delivers his speech during a no confidence session at the National Assembly, Tuesday, July 31, 2018 in Paris. The French government faces two votes of no confidence brought by opposition parties in response to the scandal over a security aide close to French President Emmanuel Macron who is alleged to have beaten up a protester during a May Day protest. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Car, gun, perks: Scandal over Macron’s ex-aide grips France

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

France's President Emmanuel Macron smiles prior to a dinner at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Thursday, July 26, 2018. (Paul Hanna/Pool Photo, via AP)

Ex-security aide to Macron says he betrayed president

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French President Emmanuel Macron greets people after visiting La Patisserie Bordelaise, a pastry shop in Bagneres de Bigorre, France, after the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, Wednesday July 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Police search office of ex-security aide to French president

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb gestures as he arrives for a hearing with the deputies of the Laws Commission concerning the case of President Macron's security aide Alexandre Benalla, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, Monday, July 23, 2018. Investigators have detained for questioning on Friday, July 20, 2018 one of President Emmanuel Macron's top security aides caught on camera beating a protester in May, a turn of events now evolving into a major political crisis for the president. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Macron’s security aide ‘dumbfounded’ by storm around him

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday April 26, 2017 file photo, Emmanuel Macron, right, is flanked by his bodyguard, Alexandre Benalla, left background, outside the Whirlpool home appliance factory, in Amiens, northern France. Investigators have detained for questioning on Friday, July 20, 2018 one of President Emmanuel Macron's top security aides caught on camera beating a protester in May, a turn of events now evolving into a major political crisis for the president. The presidential Elysee Palace said it is taking steps to fire Alexandre Benalla, who was identified earlier this week by the newspaper Le Monde for beating a young protester during May Day protests while wearing a police helmet (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Macron aide handed initial charges from May protest assault

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday April 26, 2017 file photo, Emmanuel Macron, right, is flanked by his bodyguard, Alexandre Benalla, left, outside the Whirlpool home appliance factory, in Amiens, northern France. Investigators have detained for questioning on Friday, July 20, 2018 one of President Emmanuel Macron's top security aides caught on camera beating a protester in May, a turn of events now evolving into a major political crisis for the president. The presidential Elysee Palace said it is taking steps to fire Alexandre Benalla, who was identified earlier this week by the newspaper Le Monde for beating a young protester during May Day protests while wearing a police helmet (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

French investigators raid home of Macron’s ex-bodyguard

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In this image taken from video, a man identified as Alexandre Benalla, right, a security chief to French President Emmanuel Macron, confronts a student during a May Day demonstration in Paris, May 1, 2018. The video came to light Thursday July 19, 2018, showing one of Macron's security chiefs beating a student demonstrator, until now cloaked in secrecy, and is drawing a fierce public backlash over what is seen as mild punishment of a two-week suspension, and a possible cover-up. (Nicolas Lescaut via AP)

Macron’s security aide, filmed beating activist, detained

By Elaine Ganley - Associated Press