The minister, Eric Dupond-Moretti, a former star criminal defense lawyer who often sparred with prosecutors and judges, was charged with using his new position in 2020 as a weapon to order investigations into four magistrates whom he had recently clashed with.
The case was the first in which a sitting French minister had to face trial before a special court for alleged crimes connected to their official duties. Mr. Dupond-Moretti continued in his role as justice minister throughout the 10-day trial.
For all those years, he was branded and presented as guilty before any trial, one of Mr. Dupond-Moretti's lawyers, Jacqueline Laffont, said to the bush of outstretched microphones. She added, Justice has now been delivered.
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