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"My department was tasked by its commanding authority, national police chief Frederic Pechenard, in early March," Squarcini told AFP, shortly after first lady Carla Bruni said the rumours were "insignificant".
"We worked on it until the judicial inquiry began," he added, referring to a complaint lodged by the Sunday newspaper Journal du Dimanche, a complaint which triggered an inquiry against a blogger who posted on its site.
Longstanding rumours about the stability of the presidential marriage went mainstream last month when a blogger working for a firm subcontracted to the newspaper published the rumours, since denied.
The blogger and his employer, the chief operating officer of the content provider Newsweb, have since lost their jobs.
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"We worked on it until the judicial inquiry began," he added, referring to a complaint lodged by the Sunday newspaper Journal du Dimanche, a complaint which triggered an inquiry against a blogger who posted on its site.
Longstanding rumours about the stability of the presidential marriage went mainstream last month when a blogger working for a firm subcontracted to the newspaper published the rumours, since denied.
The blogger and his employer, the chief operating officer of the content provider Newsweb, have since lost their jobs.
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