Rachida Dati, a former French justice minister and current mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris, is on trial on corruption charges. During a hearing, she told the court she had "never been in a situation of conflict of interests," according to live coverage of the proceedings.
The trial also heard from the anti-corruption association Anticor, which is a civil party in the case. Anticor questioned Daniel Freund, a Member of the European Parliament, about the rules governing written parliamentary questions. The exchange focused on whether an MEP must obtain their political group's approval before submitting a written question.
Freund responded that within his group, "each MEP is free" to act, according to the live account. The precise charges against Dati and the full details of the prosecution's case were not fully captured in the source material and have not been independently verified here.
This is a developing story. Further verified details about the charges, the evidence presented, and the court's schedule will be added as they are confirmed.
