10 people stand trial for online harassment of Brigitte Macron because she's a man

The French trial comes after the president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife filed a libel indictment in the United States in late July, in connection with an amplified and repeated online rumor that Brigitte Macron was born a man, writes The Guardian.

The American Macron family indictment attacked what it called “verifiable and devastating lies” that are repeated online by the right-wing podcaster Candace Owens that Brigitte Macron, 72, was born male.

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