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A special court cleared France's justice minister of conflict of interest on Wednesday, ruling that he was not guilty of having used his office to settle personal scores, the first such trial of a French government minister while still in office.
A special court cleared France's justice minister of conflict of interest on Wednesday, ruling that he was innocent of having used his office to settle personal scores, the first such trial of a French government minister while still in office.
Eric Dupond-Moretti was charged with misusing his position to settle scores with opponents
A Paris court is due to hand down its verdict in the trial of France's justice minister, Eric Dupond-Moretti, accused of conflict of interest in a case that has embarrassed President Emmanuel Macron.
France's justice minister had been accused of using his office to settle scores, but a special court found him innocent of wrongdoing.