US EditionFrench justice minister visits jailed former president Sarkozy
- Around 30 lawyers filed a complaint against French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin for "implicitly" supporting former President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is serving a prison sentence.
- Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy regarding illicit campaign funding from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi.
- Darmanin visited Sarkozy in prison and expressed sadness about Sarkozy's conviction, which prompted the lawsuit from the lawyers.
- The lawyers stated that Darmanin's remarks could compromise his impartiality as Justice Minister in a pending case against Sarkozy.
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After Gérald Darmanin's visit to Nicolas Sarkozy, a group of 29 lawyers filed a complaint this Thursday, October 30 against the guard of the Seals for illegal taking of interest. Master Jérôme Karsenti, one of the advice behind this move, returns for Marianne on the basis of this complaint.
France's Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin visited ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy in prison. He had to make sure that the former politician was safe, said Darmanin. The independence of the judges was not endangered. Indeed, Sarkozy continued to have bodyguards in custody. Darmanin is a former employee of the former president. "This man's distress could not leave him indifferent," said the Minister of Justice about Sarkozy. He visited his former …
About 30 lawyers have filed a complaint against the French justice minister, accusing him of indirectly supporting the country's former president Nicolas Sarkozy, who is currently serving a prison sentence.
Lawyers accuse the French Minister of Justice Darmanin of partiality, who had visited the convicted ex-premier Sarkozy in prison and said, "This man's plight cannot leave him indifferent.
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der Standard DELawyers accuse Gérald Darmanin, who publicly expressed "trust" over Sarkozy's sentence to a prison sentence, of partiality
The keeper of the Seals involved in a complaint for "illegal taking of interests", filed by a collective of lawyers.
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