The Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti, will remain in his post during his trial for illegal taking of interests

The Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti, who will be tried for illegal taking of interests from November 6 to 17, will remain in his post during his trial before the Court of Justice of the Republic, franceinfo learned on Thursday, November 2 from sources governmental. No interim decree will therefore be issued to replace the Minister of Justice during his trial before the CJR, the only body empowered to judge a serving minister.

Questioned in mid-October about the exercise of his function during his trial, Eric Dupond-Moretti had affirmed, in the program “Political Questions”ur France Inter and franceinfothat his ministry would not be “abandoned”. “The ministry will continue to operate, that’s my only concern.”he said.

Eric Dupond-Moretti is suspected of having used his position as minister to settle scores with magistrates with whom he had disagreements when he was a lawyer. The minister is notably accused of having launched an administrative investigation against three magistrates from the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF), who had gone through his telephone records when he was a lawyer, in connection with the Bismuth affair. In October, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced that the Minister of Justice would leave the government if convicted.