Rachida Dati sues the president of Renault

The Minister of Culture Rachida Dati has cited the chairman of the board of directors of Renault, Jean-Dominique Senard, for obstruction of justice and omission to testify in favor of an innocent person, indicated the Nanterre prosecutor's office, confirming information from Nouvel Obs. “I confirm that a hearing date for recording was given for this direct quote recorded on April 2,” the public prosecutor said.

Rachida Dati seized the Nanterre criminal court via the so-called “direct summons” procedure in order to have Jean-Dominique Senard appear on May 23. In this act, cited by Le Nouvel Obs, the minister's lawyer accuses Mr. Senard of having “concealed and caused to be concealed from the French justice system essential documents likely to exonerate Madame Rachida Dati of the offenses with which she is accused” .

Nicolas Sarkozy's former Minister of Justice and former European Member of Parliament is indicted for corruption and passive influence peddling by a person vested with a public elective mandate since July 2021, in the investigation into contracts entered into by a subsidiary of Renault-Nissan when Carlos Ghosn was its CEO. In the quote, Rachida Dati's counsel states that "the goal sought by Jean-Dominique Senard was to overwhelm Carlos Ghosn with a general desire to denigrate and criticize the choices of his predecessor", with "a clear desire to remain silent , intended to artificially overwhelm Madame Rachida Dati in order to reach Carlos Ghosn.

“Mr. Senard is calm in the face of this new action, which is founded neither in law nor in fact,” reacted Me Antonin Levy, Jean-Dominique Senard’s lawyer. “Since taking office, the company has cooperated fully with the judicial authorities and responded to all requests issued by them and aimed at obtaining the documents allowing the judge to form an opinion on the activities of Madame Dati,” said added the council.