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I think the parent was referring to M. Eric Dupond-Moretti, who, a few months before becoming France's current Garde des Sceaux (Minister of Justice), joined th
by fdeage 6y ago
I think the parent was referring to M. Eric Dupond-Moretti, who, a few months before becoming France's current Garde des Sceaux (Minister of Justice), joined the Assange defense team [0] and sent Macron an asylum request for Assange [1].
[0] https://www.europe1.fr/international/eric-dupond-moretti-va-defendre-julian-assange-3949355 https://www.europe1.fr/international/eric-dupond-moretti-va-...
[1] https://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/affaire/assange/eric-dupond-moretti-l-un-des-avocats-de-julian-assange-va-deposer-une-requete-de-demande-de-droit-d-asile-a-emmanuel-macron_3839119.html https://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/affaire/assange/eri...
The irony is that, now that he belongs to Macron's government, he seems not to be allowed to issue asylum requests :/
- niea_11 6y agoThanks for the links. So it was before he joined the french governement. This is off-topic, but after a google search, I found something more ironic: he said a few years ago that he would never accept a position in the government. https://www.lci.fr/politique/video-remaniement-garde-des-sceaux-quand-eric-dupond-moretti-assurait-qu-il-n-accepterait-jamais-d-etre-ministre-de-la-justice-2158697.html https://www.lci.fr/politique/video-remaniement-garde-des-sce... An intimidating figure who has likened the courtroom to a theatre, Dupond-Moretti swore as recently as 2018 that he would never be justice minister, saying no one would have the "utterly absurd" idea -- "and frankly I would never accept such a thing". https://www.france24.com/en/20200708-france-s-acquittator-sows-controversy-as-new-justice-minister https://www.france24.com/en/20200708-france-s-acquittator-so...