Should Éric Dupond-Moretti fear the court “of small arrangements between friends”?

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The Minister of Justice could be tried before the Court of Justice of the Republic, an institution that Emmanuel Macron intended to abolish.

By Marc Leplongeon

Lshould the minister fear it? Or can he, on the contrary, calmly advance before the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR), the institution which could judge him in 2023 for illegal taking of interests? The commission of instruction of the CJR, composed of professional judges, announced, Monday, October 3, the dismissal of the Keeper of the Seals, suspected of having taken advantage of his functions to settle his accounts with a certain number of magistrates with whom he had had trouble from the time of his career as a lawyer.

The combative advice of Éric Dupond-Moretti, M^are Ingrain and Lorrain immediately announced that they would appeal this decision, denouncing numerous “irregularities committed over the past two years in this case. For the two black dresses, things are clear: this dress…

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