(26 Jun 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 25 June 2025
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1. Former Haitian Prime Minister Claude Joseph arriving at the courthouse
2. Claude Joseph greeting his lawyer at the courthouse
3. Claude Joseph talking with his lawyer
4. Judges entering the courthouse and sitting
5. Joseph sitting
6. SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) Claude Joseph, Former Prime Minister of Haiti:
“I was not part of the plan to assassinate President Jovenel Moïse “
7. Joseph listening to Judge’s questions
8. Judge Emmanuel Lacroix questioning Joseph
9. SOUNDBITE (French and Haitian Creole) Claude Joseph, Former Prime Minister of Haiti:
“Everyone, including myself, finds it rather curious that a head of state was assassinated in his home without any reaction from his guards,” he said. “All this clearly demonstrates the degree of complexity of the plot”.
10. People in the courtroom following the hearing
11. SOUNDBITE ( French and Haitian Creole) Claude Joseph, Former Prime Minister of Haiti:
“I am a potential suspect, so I could not seek to influence a judicial investigation.”
12. Audience in the courtroom.
13. Joseph collects his papers as people stand up
STORYLINE:
Claude Joseph, who was Haiti’s acting prime minister when President Jovenel Moïse was gunned down in July 2021, came under fire Wednesday as judges investigating the killing questioned suspects in the case.
It was the first time Joseph testified since attorneys for some suspects successfully appealed a court ruling that there was sufficient evidence to hold a trial.
Joseph and Moïse’s widow, Martine Moise, were indicted last year after a judge accused them of complicity and criminal association. Both have repeatedly denied those accusations.
Judge Emmanuel Lacroix grilled Joseph for several hours on Wednesday, repeatedly asking how it was possible he did not know about the plot as prime minister, since that position officially presides over Haiti’s National Police High Council.
Joseph also denied knowing Haitian-Americans James Solages, a key suspect, and Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a pastor, doctor and failed businessman who envisioned himself as Haiti’s new leader and thought that Jovenel Moïse was only going to be arrested.
Both are awaiting trial in U.S. federal court, where Martine Moïse, who was injured in the attack, is expected to testify.
Judges in Haiti also called on Martine Moïse to fly to Haiti and testify, but she isn’t expected to do so.
AP Video shot by Pierre Luxama
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