⚡️🇫🇷FLASH - Accused of antisemitic writings, Jordan Bardella chooses to file a defamation complaint with civil party status against Mediapart, which goes through an investigating judge. A lengthy procedure, while other avenues could have allowed him to seek to "cleanse his honor" more quickly. A choice that resembles a maneuver to bypass the presidential election: publicly displaying his desire for justice while delaying the judicial debate on the evidence. A direct citation would have allowed journalists to be summoned before the court without going through an investigation, with a possible ruling before the presidential election. An accelerated civil procedure was also conceivable, provided there was justification for urgency. The chosen procedure could, on the other hand, lead to an automatic indictment of journalists before any substantive examination. This offers the RN a communication argument, without this step meaning that journalists are guilty or that their revelations are false. The ruling itself could occur only after the presidential election. Journalists already say they are at the disposal of justice to respond to their information. Mediapart does not seem to be the camp that fears the judicial confrontation, according to the Huffington Post... #Bardella #Mediapart #présidentielle (translated)