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0 pointsfdeage5y ago0 comments

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-...

[1] 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 :/

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niea_115y ago

Thanks 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-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-so...

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