Former BFMTV Journalist to Testify in Foreign Interference Probe

To determine whether foreign actors (states, companies, lobbies) are influencing French political, economic - or media - life. This is the objective pursued by the Inquiry Commission on the political, economic and financial interference of foreign powers, chaired by the RN deputy Jean-Philippe Tanguy, who has decided to hear the now-former BFMTV journalist. "We tried to reach him for the first time, unsuccessfully. The formal summons was therefore signed last week," the elected official explains to Puremedias, without however specifying the date of the hearing. In addition to Rachid M’Barki, the boss of BFMTV will also be heard by the Inquiry Commission.

On February 22, Rachid M’Barki was fired for "passive corruption and breach of trust" following an internal investigation to find out if he "acted alone, and to identify