two appeals from Rachida Dati rejected by the Court of Cassation | EUROtoday

Rachida Dati misplaced one other spherical within the context of the Carlos Ghosn affair, named after the previous CEO of Renault-Nissan, focused by two worldwide arrest warrants from the French justice system and on the run in Lebanon. As realized The World Tuesday October 15, two appeals from the Minister of Culture, indicted since 2021 on this case for “passive corruption”, “passive influence peddling”, “concealment of abuse of power” and “concealment of breach of trust”, have have been rejected, on Mondays October 7 and 14, by the Court of Cassation.

The judicial data issues the charges (900,000 euros excluding taxes for allegedly 900 hours of labor) paid to M^me Dati as a lawyer, from 2010 to 2012, by Renault-Nissan BV, the Dutch subsidiary of the Renault-Nissan alliance. Apart from just a few basic notes, the judges discovered little hint of the performances.

At this time, M^me Dati was an MEP, a substitute member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, and lobbying actions are prohibited within the European Parliament. On July 2, the investigating chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal rejected Ms. Dati’s attraction to acquire the annulment of the proceedings in opposition to her. She maintains that the statute of limitations has been acquired on this case since 2015.

Another setback for the minister, the investigating chamber selected to not transmit to the Court of Cassation a precedence query of constitutionality (QPC), raised by Ms. Dati’s recommendation. It associated to the identical topic and questioned the admissibility of the request for limitation on this case, which was filed after the expiration of a authorized interval of six months after the indictment of Mr.^me Dati.

Doubts concerning the actuality of the work offered

Two appeals have been filed in cassation this summer season by Ms. Dati’s legal professionals, on the query of limitation and regarding the QPC raised in useless earlier than the investigating chamber. In non-admission orders of Monday October 7 and 14, consulted by The Worldthe felony chamber of the Court of Cassation dismissed these two appeals, not inspecting the arguments of the Dati camp, for purely authorized and procedural causes. Contacted, Ms. Dati’s legal professionals, Olivier Pardo and Olivier Baratelli, haven’t but reacted.

While the nationwide monetary prosecutor’s workplace ought to make its closing indictment with a view to a attainable referral to a felony court docket, the assorted protection appeals have lengthened the timetable for the judicial investigation.

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