The evidence of friendship is there. Bourgi takes his phone, calls some influential journalists: “Fillon deserves to be known, you know... Come and have lunch with us at Véfour. “Obviously, as always, it is he who treats, in cash. The Lebanese has a wide gesture. At Christmas 2014, on a Saturday morning, he joined “François” at Fouquet’s – morale was low, his mother was in bad shape. Bourgi takes him in his arms and drives off in a Maserati to Arnys. “An English outfit for Mr. Fillon,” he orders the seller, whom he knows well. Come on, 5,180 euros is very little for him, he did offer some Hermès ties to Guéant and riding boots of the same brand to a former minister. It is thus in Africa, we “cadotte”, in a mixture of calculation and sincere generosity. The friend François, touched, thanks him warmly. “He was so sad that day, remembers the lawyer. I wanted to show him my affection. Sarko, he has everything! Fillon, it's easy to please him. *» At the end of August 2015, Bourgi's Bentley headed for Sarthe. His driver has already taken him several times to the Grand Hôtel de Solesmes to have lunch with Fillon. A good bottle between men and he left, without showing himself. "Secret of two, secret of God"; Secret of three, secret of all,” Foccart taught him. Once, only once, he came accompanied by Jean Ping, candidate for the Gabonese presidential elections who, after the feast, was entitled to a private visit to the Abbey of Solesmes. But this August 26, 2015, Bourgi appears in public at the big back-to-school meeting in Fillon, in the midst of activists. He claims that Sarkozy called him immediately, drunk with rage. “I keep my esteem and my affection for Nicolas, he then says, learned, to the JDD. But his latest statements on Islam and immigration do not pass. »
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