Former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was placed on Tuesday under the status of witness assisted by magistrates of the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR) who heard him on the government’s management of the Covid-19 epidemic, indicated this Saturday a source close to the file, confirming information from Franceinfo.
He was placed under this intermediate status for endangering the lives of others and voluntary abstention from fighting a disaster, following a hearing before the three judges of the CJR’s investigating committee, said this source.