FILE PHOTO: Alexandre Benalla, French President Emmanuel Macron's former senior security officer, leaves after a hearing by senators from France's upper house at the Senate in Paris, France, January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris prosecutor on Thursday dropped an investigation into alleged perjury by three current and former officials in the president's office in connection with the "Benalla affair", a saga which engulfed Emmanuel Macron's office last summer.
Former bodyguard Alexandre Benalla sparked the biggest political scandal of Macron's presidency when he was caught on tape beating a protester on May Day last year. Accusations of a cover-up erupted when the story emerged only two months later, prompting parliamentary and judicial investigations.
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