(FILES) French newly-elected MP for the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) political party Michael Taverne (C) gestures as he arrives for a welcoming day at the National Assembly in Paris, on July 2, 2024. The investigation by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) targeting far right National Rally (RN) MP Michaël Taverne for embezzlement is "nearing completion," a judicial source told AFP on April 21, 2026, confirming a report by French weekly newspaper Le Canard enchaîné. According to Le Canard enchaîné, Michaël Taverne is suspected of having continued to receive his police salary after taking his seat in the National Assembly in June 2022. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP via Getty Images)