In accordance with the opinions of the National Council of the Magistracy, the Prime Minister puts an end to the disciplinary proceedings initiated at the request of the Keeper of the Seals against the former chief of the national financial prosecutor’s office, Eliane Houlette, and the current number two.
Le Monde with AFP
It was the final decision. The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, decided to “follow the opinion of the Superior Council of the Magistracy” which had considered that there was “no reason” to sanction two magistrates of the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) suspected of ” Backings “in the” Fadettes affair “, told Matignon to the France-Presse agency
The decision balances the proceedings started by the Keeper of the Seals, Eric Dupond-Moretti, shortly after entering the government, when he had been targeted as a lawyer by telephone statements (“fadettes”) ordered by These magistrates in an investigation, which today earns him prosecution for “illegal taking of interest”.
In two separate opinions rendered ten days ago, the Superior Council of the Magistracy (CSM) had estimated that the former chief of the national financial prosecutor’s office, Eliane Houlette, and her current number two Patrice Amar had “had” committed no disciplinary fault “and that” there is no need to sanction them. It already sounded like a disavowal for Mr. Dupond-Moretti.
just before arriving at Place Vendôme, M
e Dupond-Moretti had denounced the methods of “barbouzes” of the PNF which had peeled some of his telephone statements during investigations aimed at flushing a taupe who had been able to inform Nicolas Sarkozy that he was listening. 2>
investigation for “illegal interests”
Open under the supervision of M me heed and ranked without follow-up in 2019, this controversial investigation was carried out on the sidelines of the corruption case called “bismuth”, involving the ex-chief of The state, its lawyer Thierry Herzog and a high magistrate. All three have been sentenced at first instance and will be reached on appeal at the end of the year.
accusing Mr. Dupond-Moretti of having used his ministerial functions to settle accounts related to his past as a lawyer, magistrates unions and the anticor association had filed a complaint against him at the end of 2020, triggering the opening of an investigation which led to his referral to the Court of Justice of the Republic for “illegal taking of interest”.
The Minister made an appeal against this unprecedented decision and affirmed that his resignation was “not on the agenda”. Emmanuel Macron, for his part, defense by believing that the proceedings which aimed did not concern “in any way, what he did as minister”.