about the former head of the national financier of the prosecutor’s office, Eliane Houlette, led to accusations of “manipulation” of the judiciary. The State Prosecutor of Paris is th
about the former head of the national financier of the prosecutor’s office, Eliane Houlette, led to accusations of “manipulation” of the judiciary.
The attorney general of Paris has not received “any instructions from the executive” to influence the Fillon case this Thursday, after words from the former head of the National Prosecutor’s Office, Eliane Houlette, led to accusations of “manipulation” of justice.
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“I have not received in the Fillon case, nor in all the other folders under my hierarchical control, any statement from the Directorate of Criminal Affairs and Pardons (DACG), no statement from the Executive and (…) I have never conveyed the request of the Keeper of the Seal or the Executive to influence procedure,” said Catherine Champrenault before the National Assembly’s investigative committee on the independence of the judiciary.
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“Normal Mode”
The deputies heard it for the second time, Eliane Houlette, who sowed the seeds of disorder on June 10, stating, before the same commission, “very close monitoring” that would exercise the function of the state attorney, his power of direct supervision, in conducting investigations.
Eliane Houlette’s “quick transfer applications” to investigative or hearing actions were specifically discussed and found to have been convened by the Attorney General’s office calling for the investigation to be entrusted to an investigating judge. “We should not give in to the ease of rewriting history,” launched Catherine Champrenault.
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“Monitoring of public activities by the state attorney general, far from being pressure, is a normal way of working, institutional, legal, and even ethical for all judges of the public ministry,” she explained.
“Two applications” of DACG
Recalling the context of the opening of the preliminary investigation against François Fillon, 25 January 2017, “three months before the presidential election”, the state attorney general emphasized that the actions of the investigation “were carried out like a drum”. “Intensity of feedback [from the PNF to the prosecutor general’s office] is the only measure of the intensity of the actions” that were “advertised or commented on in the press”, she said.
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According to Catherine Champrenault, in this case, the DACG made “two requests” for “results of investigative actions, but never” before. In addition, the “new shows” are “directed” by the Prosecutor General’s PNF, “spontaneously”, while the Office of the Prosecutor General has sent four requests for information”.
“I know you would like me to say that the information about the resignation is open, Mr. Fillon,” said Catherine Champrenault. “But his defense asked for an open court inquiry,” from “February 9,” she noted. The trial judge will eventually impound on February 24.
Declared the favorite for the presidential election, the voice of the conservative right was eliminated in the first round after a campaign undermined by the case. “This case deserved to be decided by a teaching judge, more independent due to its status,” she assessed.
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According to Catherine Champrenault, Eliane Houlette was experienced in conducting this survey, “psychological pressure”, “which was quite normal because his investigation could have serious consequences”. “But we must not confuse psychological pressure and pressure with illegitimate,” she insisted.
Updated date: July 2, 2020, 5:58 p.m
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