Nicolas Sarkozy denounced Thursday an “incredible accumulation of failures and dysfunctions” after the revelation, by the weekly Le Point , of large-scale investigations carried out by the national financial parquet (PNF) on tenors of the bar, to try to 'identify a possible “mole” in the so-called “wiretapping” affair.
"In reaction to the revelations of the Point, I express only one request: respect for the rule of law," said on twitter the former head of state, who must be tried in the case " eavesdropping ”at the end of the year.
In reaction to the revelations from @LePoint, I only express one request: respect for the rule of law. Consequently, all the truth must be established on the circumstances which allowed this improbable accumulation of failures and dysfunctions. NS
- Nicolas Sarkozy (@NicolasSarkozy) June 25, 2020"Consequently, all the truth must be established on the circumstances which allowed this incredible accumulation of failures and dysfunctions", added Nicolas Sarkozy, who rarely speaks on social networks.
The parquet sought the "mole"
According to the weekly, the PNF investigated in vain, between 2014 and 2019 and in particular via surreptitious investigations on tenors of the Paris bar, to identify the possible "mole" who would have informed Nicolas Sarkozy and his lawyer Me Thierry Herzog of the existence of tapping aimed at them.
The existence of this investigation, parallel to the investigations in the so-called "wiretapping" case, was known and denounced for a long time by the defense of the former president and his counsel, but not its content nor the extent of the surveillance of all these lawyers.
According to Le Point , the detailed telephone bills ("fadettes") of many tenors of the bar and their collaborators were peeled, as well as that of a magistrate or fixed lines of the PNF. Some lawyers have even been geolocated. These revelations ulcerated the lawyers concerned on Thursday. Me Dupond-Moretti announced on LCI a “complaint” against these “methods of barbouzes”.
November trial
Nicolas Sarkozy's trial for corruption in the so-called "wiretapping" affair, which was originally scheduled to take place in October, will finally take place from November 23 to December 10.
In this case, the former head of state is suspected of having attempted to obtain secret information from the former high magistrate at the Court of Cassation Gilbert Azibert in early 2014, through Thierry Herzog. proceedings on the sidelines of the Bettencourt case, in exchange for a boost for a position in Monaco.
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