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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hebe Campbell

The conspiracy theory that Brigitte Macron is taking a right-wing commentator to court over

France’s First Lady, Brigitte Macron, is taking a bold step by heading to a US court to fight a bizarre conspiracy theory.

The 72-year-old wife of president Emmanuel Macron has become the target of false claims, spread by American commentator Candace Owens, alleging she was born a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux.

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