68 lawyers file complaint, notably for “death threats”

A complaint was filed this Thursday evening by 68 lawyers with the Paris public prosecutor’s office for “death threats against a lawyer”, “cyber harassment” And “incitement to commit a criminal offence”franceinfo learned from the plaintiffs’ lawyers. Other complaints are expected to be added.

This complaint follows the publication on Wednesday July 3 of a list of lawyers “to be eliminated” on the far-right website Reseau-libre.org. In total, 98 names, nicknamed “the factious”are registered in this article named “(very partial) list of lawyers to eliminate”The author of the article calls for “send into a ditch or into a stadium these lawyers (who) already declare that they do not respect the verdict of the ballot boxes in the event of a RN victory”.

It is precisely this passage that is being pursued. In addition to two others: “Of course, they are not the only ones, it is the vast majority of lawyers that need to be neutralized. But imagine all those on this list found in a dungeon or simply ‘disappeared’, and fear will change sides! It is high time to put things back in order.”. Another excerpt: “History is an eternal recommencement, we publish a list of lawyers to be eliminated, we are not formally identified, we will not be arrested, and we may be condemned, we don’t care!”.

The Paris Bar Association, Pierre Hoffmann, said: “deeply shocked” after the publication of this list. As for the Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti, he condemned X “with the greatest firmness the publication”.