cabinet ministers: She added that she was deeply shocked by what she called the aggressiveness of the Court of Justice of the Republic CJR . Her trial is only the fifth to be held before the CJR, a special tribunal created in 1993 to try cabinet ministers, according to Deutsche Welle. A panel of 15, including 12 lawmakers from both the lower and upper houses of parliament, is to hear the case, which is scheduled to run until December 20. I finally wish to show you that I am not guilty of negligence, but that I acted in good conscience, in confidence, with the sole objective of the general interest, Lagarde said on Monday at the start of her trial in Paris. I do not intend to be silent, she told the head of the court, Martine Ract Madoux. A lawyer for Lagarde, Patrick Maisonneuve, called for a delay in the proceedings, arguing that it did not make sense for her to face trial while a separate investigation in the broader case was still underway. Lagarde took notes as the judge summed up the legal saga that led to the charges against her.
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