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French man gets 4-month prison sentence for slapping Macron

by Nicolas Vaux-Montagny
| June 10, 2021 9:27 AM

VALENCE, France (AP) — A 28-year-old Frenchman who described himself as a right-wing or extreme-right “patriot” was sentenced to four months in prison Thursday for slapping President Emmanuel Macron in the face.

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