A 28-year-old Frenchman was sentenced to four months in prison Thursday for slapping President Emmanuel Macron in the face.
A 28-year-old Frenchman who described himself as a right-wing or extreme-right "patriot" was sentenced to four months in prison Thursday for slapping President Emmanuel Macron in the face.
Damien Tarel was also banned from ever holding public office in France and from owning weapons for five years over the swipe Tuesday, which caught Macron's left cheek with an audible thwack as the French leader was greeting a crowd. Poised and calm, he firmly defended his action and his views on Macron, without providing details of what policies he wants France to change.
He told investigators that he held right- or ultra-right political convictions without being a member of a party or group, according to the prosecutor's office.
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