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Departed in trials for the Renault-Nissan affair, Rachida Dati denounces this Tuesday, July 22 on LCI “a problem with justice” and attacks the magistrates.
POLICY – “There is a problem with justice”says the ex–istrate. The Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, returned to justice for corruption in the Renault-Nissan case, denounced this Tuesday, July 22, a “Incident enameled procedure ». Before questioning certain magistrates who, according to her, “Walk” on defense rights.
“I overwhelm magistrates who refuse to do their work according to the procedural code”she hammered on the LCI plateau, brandishing a bundle of documents as evidence.
She notably implicated the financial prosecutor who, according to her, would have assured her of her disagreement with the charges against her when he has it “Received two and a half hours in his office” : “I saw entitled in the eyes M. (Jean-François) Bohnert who told me that his parquet floor” dysfunction “. Solicited by AFP, neither Jean-François Bohnert nor the national financial prosecutor’s office responded immediately.
Government solidarity
“I am not condemned”she defended himself, deploring that “ opponents instrumentalize in a somewhat shameful way ” the case.
Forcibly affirming that“She would not give up on anything”, She formally excludes leaving her post, As you can hear in the sequence below. A point on which she has the support of Emmanuel Macron, who voted without detour in the afternoon: “A referral not being a conviction, she continues her work to the government”
A few minutes earlier, at 8 p.m. TF1, the Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin had also opted for government solidarity, saying “Wish ardently” that Rachida Dati “Either mayor of Paris” In 2026. “I cannot comment on a legal proceedings, but it is obvious that Rachida Dati, who is a great politician, (…) is presumed innocent”said the Keeper of the Seals.
Judges of investigation ordered Tuesday that Rachida Dati and the former boss of Renault-Nissan Carlos Ghosn are tried in correctional for corruption and influence traffic, during a trial which could be held after the municipal elections scheduled for March 2026.
The 59-year-old Minister of Culture, who appealed to the decision, is suspected of having received 900,000 euros between 2010 and 2012 for consulting services with a subsidiary of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, but without having really worked, while she was a lawyer and deputy European.