A fake story on X has claimed that former French prime minister and current Le Havre Mayor Édouard Philippe bought a luxury villa in Sicily, and linked it to a real but unrelated investigation into his alleged misuse of public funds.
A video shared online said Philippe acquired the estate from Le Havre local councillor Stéphanie de Bazelaire, and raised questions about how the alleged purchase was financed.
It was initially shared by a mock-up Italian online newspaper called “Repupplica.com”, which has now been taken down.
The domain, however, sounded very similar to the genuine news outlet Repubblica.it. In other words, a fake website designed…
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