It was September 29, under the gilding of the Ministry of Justice. Eric Dupond-Moretti had invited journalists to tell them about the “historic budget” he had just won. Except that they had mainly made the trip to question him about his tensions with the magistrates, in particular with those of the national financial prosecutor’s office. “But let those who criticize continue to criticize! May those who chronicle continue to chronicle! Me, I work… ”, he grumbled in response. Before concluding: “There is the buzz! And there is what we do with it! For me, everything is settled … “
Not exactly… This Monday, we learned in this case that the Minister of Justice was summoned on July 16 to respond to suspicions of “illegal taking of interests”. Suspicions which are the subject of a judicial investigation of the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR). Not really a gift as the former tenor of the bars celebrates his first birthday as minister on Tuesday.
Does Minister Dupond-Moretti avenge lawyer Dupond-Moretti?
Life is thankless. Reform of legal aid, drafting of a penal code for minors, a bill to restore citizens’ confidence in justice … In 365 days yet disrupted by the coronavirus epidemic, Eric Dupond-Moretti did not spare his sentence. He thus defended 17 different texts in front of the Parliament, seeded in a 37-page file created especially for the occasion by his services.
But today, when we pronounce his illustrious name, everyone necessarily thinks of the search he suffered in his own office last week and the risk of indictment that now hangs in his face. The minister, for his part, is “serene”, assures one of his relatives.
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The magistrates of the CJR therefore seized, Thursday during the search at the Ministry of Justice, documents and mobile phones including … one of those belonging to Eric Dupond-Moretti, himself.https://t.co/ga3wUQDLjs– Vincent Vantighem (@vvantighem) July 2, 2021
“We must not be fooled by the political motivations for which this whole procedure was initiated, sweeps those around him. It is an attempt to parasitize its action by the unions. An attempt that does not prevent him from working! But that inevitably instills doubt. Because the two main magistrates’ unions, who have filed a complaint (with the Anticor association), have put their finger where it hurts. On the suspicions of a conflict of interest between the former lawyer that Eric Dupond-Moretti was and the current minister he is today. With this nagging question: does he use his new
tinsel a minister to take revenge on the magistrates with whom he had trouble leaving when he wore the black robe?
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Proof that the problem had not been anticipated at the top of the State, it was not until October 23 that Jean Castex signed a decree allowing his minister to “deport” for his benefit the cases in which he was involved as a lawyer. Three and a half months after his appointment, so …
“Anyway, Dupond-Moretti is dead !, slice a lawyer who has never carried it in his heart. Now he can’t go back to his old life. And the executive understood well that it was complicated to maintain a lawyer at the post of Keeper of the Seals. “An analysis which, however, makes little case of certain predecessors of” Acquittator “. Robert Badinter or Georges Kiejman for example. Not to mention Danton …
And, above all, who pays little attention to the confidence that Emmanuel Macron maintains in him. Officially, the Élysée does not comment on the current legal proceedings. But, according to our information, the Head of State has let it be known that he does not intend to let go of his minister. It does not matter that he only collected 9.13% of the vote during the regional elections: for Emmanuel Macron, Eric Dupond-Moretti remains an essential pawn of his anti-Marine Le Pen device, in view of the presidential election of 2022.
A popular man, capable of bringing contradiction to the ideas of the National Rally. We can imagine that this must also have played a role in his decision to entrust him with the reins of the “States General of Justice”, which are to take place at the end of September, beginning of October. “The minister is already completely turned towards this deadline,” says his entourage. With the exception of a small part of his brain, which will still have to prepare for his hearing scheduled for July 16 …