Transcription of the first minutes of the podcast:
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– The American anthem, the American anthem obviously very appropriate on this day when America, the United States of America are voting and in a vote which is extremely followed and which will be rightly so, we will see the results if it is close or not and which pits, I remind you, Donald Trump against Kamala Harris, Donald Trump Republican, Kamala Harris Democrat.
– And we are with François-Henri Briard, hello.
– Hello André.
– Hello Maître Briard, you are a lawyer at the Council of State and the Court of Cassation in France but you are also, it must be remembered, a very great expert on elections.
– You have been, I have seen this, 132 trips to the United States, you are a member of the Historical Society of the Supreme Court of the United States and you are one of the best specialists in this jurisdiction.
– So precisely, and you were invited by Barack Obama, you met the White House and also Donald Trump when he was president.
– So precisely, it is with the Supreme Court that I would like us to spend a little time because today, what is going on…
– since yesterday, the day before yesterday, for several weeks, there have been rumors of electoral fraud.
– You know that in the United States, I say this for the listeners and listeners of Sud Radio, obviously electronic voting is widely used in several states.
– We also have this problem of identity cards which are not even requested whereas if we help you in the United States by car, the police come and ask you for your ID, an Identity Card, well there is at least around ten states where you are not asked for your identity card to vote.
– And then again Kamala Harris who has just told Kamala Harris' team yes but the results will still take several days to be complete.
– So this situation is not new, François Ribéryard, since he had already had big controversies in 2020 in relation to…
– So first, I wanted to ask you, does it often happen like this in the United States? Are there any disputes at the ballot level, scams and crimes? Are there any disputes at the ballot level, scams and crimes? Are there any disputes at the ballot level, scams and crimes? Yes, so thank you André.
– First, I would like to say that France and the United States have shared the same principles of political philosophy since the end of the 18th century.
– These principles, you know them, it is the separation of powers, it is equality before the law, it is the primacy of the rule of law, and in this democratic system, there is something very important is the sincerity of the vote.
– And in France, as in Europe and the United States, there are judges, in fact, who are there to ensure that the vote has been sincere, that is to say that it correctly expresses the will of the people.
– And so in the United States,…
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