Rachida Dati reinstated to judiciary without post in court or tribunal
Rachida Dati returns to the judiciary but will not work in a court or tribunal. Her appointment comes days before her corruption trial.
Dati appointed first deputy to Ministry of Justice before her trial
According to Google News LU FR, Rachida Dati is being reinstated to the French judiciary but will not work in a court or tribunal. The Ministry of Justice has offered her a position as "first deputy" within its structure, ten days before the opening of her correctional trial in the Renault affair, where she is being prosecuted for "corruption".
Her reinstatement to the judicial corps was made possible through the intervention of Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, according to Mediapart. Dati, former Keeper of the Seals under Nicolas Sarkozy and former Minister of Culture, had left the judiciary to pursue a political career.
The appointment has prompted questions in legal circles: it comes at a particularly sensitive time, days before a correctional hearing directly concerning her. Several French media outlets, including Le Monde and La Montagne, highlighted the proximity between this reinstatement and the imminent opening of the trial.
The post offered, that of first deputy attached to the Ministry itself, means that Dati will not be required to sit in an ordinary court nor to conduct investigations into cases. The exact nature of her responsibilities within the central administration has not been specified in available information.
Source: Google News LU FR