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Convictions in the case of Grignon’s historic pieces of furniture
17/1/25 - Heritage - Château de Grignon - In 2022, the French State sold a number of pieces of furniture that were part of the public domain and that once adorned the Château de Grignon. It was La Tribune de l’Art, at the same time as Le Canard Enchaîné, which revealed this scandal in a detailed investigative article (see article).
The Court of Auditors then took up the case and opened a legal investigation (see news item of 24/2/23). This finally led to a hearing before the Court’s Legal Division on 28 November, at which the author of these lines was invited to testify. The people on trial were two representatives of AgroParisTech (formerly the Institut national agronomique) and two others from the Direction nationale des interventions domaniales, the body responsible for selling…
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