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== Political activity and activism ==
== Political activity and activism ==
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As a student, Branco actively supported former right-wing Prime Minister [[Dominique de Villepin]], a friend of his mother's.{{Additional citation needed|date=July 2023}}<ref name="Tabet 20–23">{{cite journal |date=March 2020 |title=Dans les réseaux de Juan Branco |last=Tabet |language=fr |journal=Le Parisien |issue=23487 |pages=20–23}}</ref>
As a student, Branco actively supported former right-wing Prime Minister [[Dominique de Villepin]], a friend of his mother's.{{Additional citation needed|date=July 2023}}<ref name="Tabet 20–23">{{cite journal |date=March 2020 |title=Dans les réseaux de Juan Branco |last=Tabet |language=fr |journal=Le Parisien |issue=23487 |pages=20–23}}</ref>


Afterwards he supported [[The Greens (France)]] and then went on to participate in the campaign of future President [[François Hollande]] ([[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]). He worked several months during the campaign for future French Minister of Culture and Communications [[Aurélie Filippetti]].
Afterwards he supported [[The Greens (France)]] and then went on to participate in the campaign of future President [[François Hollande]] ([[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]). He worked several months during the campaign for future French Minister of Culture and Communications [[Aurélie Filippetti]].

Branco claimed to have been chief of staff of [[Aurélie Filippetti]],<ref name="ReferenceB" /> but Filippetti denied it. She later stated that he "demanded to be hired as her chief of staff at age 22", that he "completely lost it when he was refused the position" and told her that he recorded their conversations. She describes him as "dangerous, intelligent and skillful", as "megalomaniacal, a compulsive liar and very, very manipulative".{{POV statement|date=July 2023}}{{Undue weight inline|July 2023}}<ref name="francetvinfo.fr">{{Cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/gilets-jaunes/des-grandes-ecoles-aux-gilets-jaunes-en-passant-par-wikileaks-qui-est-juan-branco-l-auteur-de-crepuscule-en-guerre-contre-macron_3421861.html|language=fr|access-date=2020-03-08|title=Des grandes écoles aux "gilets jaunes" en passant par WikiLeaks : Qui est Juan Branco, l'avocat proche de Piotr Pavlenski ?|date=7 May 2019}}</ref>


Branco then joined the left-wing populist party [[La France Insoumise]]. He stood in the [[2017 French legislative election]] for [[Seine-Saint-Denis's 12th constituency]] where he placed fourth. His former running-mate stated that Branco "wanted to win a parliamentary seat and abandoned the party after the loss".<ref name="Tabet 20–23" /> After he was refused a sufficiently high spot on the electoral list of [[La France Insoumise]] in the [[2019 European Parliament election in France]] his support for the party ended and he called for an abstention in the election.<ref name="francetvinfo.fr" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Politique/Juan-Branco-l-avocat-qui-intrigue-1677637|language=fr|access-date=2020-03-08|title=Juan Branco, l'avocat qui intrigue}}</ref>
Branco then joined the left-wing populist party [[La France Insoumise]]. He stood in the [[2017 French legislative election]] for [[Seine-Saint-Denis's 12th constituency]] where he placed fourth. His former running-mate stated that Branco "wanted to win a parliamentary seat and abandoned the party after the loss".<ref name="Tabet 20–23" /> After he was refused a sufficiently high spot on the electoral list of [[La France Insoumise]] in the [[2019 European Parliament election in France]] his support for the party ended and he called for an abstention in the election.<ref name="francetvinfo.fr" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Politique/Juan-Branco-l-avocat-qui-intrigue-1677637|language=fr|access-date=2020-03-08|title=Juan Branco, l'avocat qui intrigue}}</ref>


He became a vocal supporter of the [[Yellow vests movement]], some of whose members he also represented in court, including [[Maxime Nicolle]],<ref name="lefigaro.fr" /> and a critic of [[President of France]] [[Emmanuel Macron]] thereafter.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=2019-05-07|title=Des grandes écoles aux "gilets jaunes" en passant par WikiLeaks : qui est Juan Branco, l'avocat proche de Piotr Pavlenski ?|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/gilets-jaunes/des-grandes-ecoles-aux-gilets-jaunes-en-passant-par-wikileaks-qui-est-juan-branco-l-auteur-de-crepuscule-en-guerre-contre-macron_3421861.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-30|website=Franceinfo|language=french}}</ref>
He became a vocal supporter of the [[Yellow vests movement]], some of whose members he also represented in court, including [[Maxime Nicolle]],<ref name="lefigaro.fr" /> and a critic of [[President of France]] [[Emmanuel Macron]] thereafter.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=2019-05-07|title=Des grandes écoles aux "gilets jaunes" en passant par WikiLeaks : qui est Juan Branco, l'avocat proche de Piotr Pavlenski ?|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/gilets-jaunes/des-grandes-ecoles-aux-gilets-jaunes-en-passant-par-wikileaks-qui-est-juan-branco-l-auteur-de-crepuscule-en-guerre-contre-macron_3421861.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-30|website=Franceinfo|language=french}}</ref>

In 2018 he [[Outing|outed]] the homosexuality of his former class-mate and government spokesman [[Gabriel Attal]] on Twitter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lincorrect.org/nous-serons-probablement-demain-lun-et-lautre-des-ennemis-principiels-juan-branco/|language=fr|access-date=2020-03-08|title=Juan Branco : « Nous serons probablement demain l'un et l'autre des ennemis principiels |date=17 January 2019}}</ref>

Branco has previously claimed that he worked as a "special assistant" to the [[Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court]]. Asked for a clarification by the French journal ''GQ France'', the Court responded that Branco ""claims to have been the assistant of the Prosecutor (..) while in reality he was an intern (...) and then worked at the OTP Public Information Unit".<ref>{{Cite magazine |magazine=[[GQ]] |edition=French |language=FR |url=https://www.gqmagazine.fr/pop-culture/article/les-vies-revees-de-juan-branco|title = Affaire Griveaux : Qui est Juan Branco, l'avocat qui dit "avoir accompagné" Piotr Pavlenski ?|date = 25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021044523/https://www.gqmagazine.fr/pop-culture/article/les-vies-revees-de-juan-branco |archive-date=2021-10-21 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


In May 2018, he publicly accused on Twitter, the [[United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic|UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic]] (MINUSCA) forces of committing a massacre in [[Bangui]],<ref name="Endeweld">{{Cite web |last=Endeweld |first=Marc |date=2018-05-29 |title=Un expert indépendant expulsé de Centrafrique par l'ONU |url=https://www.marianne.net/monde/un-expert-independant-expulse-de-centrafrique-par-l-onu |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=www.marianne.net |language=fr}}</ref> and said they could be investigated by the Criminal Court.<ref name=":2" /> He had been tasked as an independent expert for the [[United Nations]] with developing a strategy for investigations conducted by the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic. He was fired by the UN less than a week after his mission started.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fr.africanews.com/2018/05/31/centrafrique-la-minusca-expulse-un-expert-francais-qui-l-accuse-de-crimes |title=Centrafrique: la Minusca expulse un expert français qui l'accuse de crimes |lang=fr |first=Carole |last=Kouassi |date=31 May 2018 |website=fr.africanews.com}}</ref> Branco denied that his actions ran contrary to the interests of the United Nations, writing that “denouncing crimes [...] is a requirement for anyone, and in particular for those in charge of fighting them,”.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2018-05-31 |title=U.N. fires Central Africa legal adviser who accused peacekeepers of massacre |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-centralafrica-un-idUSKCN1IW265 |access-date=2023-05-07}}</ref>
In May 2018, he publicly accused on Twitter, the [[United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic|UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic]] (MINUSCA) forces of committing a massacre in [[Bangui]],<ref name="Endeweld">{{Cite web |last=Endeweld |first=Marc |date=2018-05-29 |title=Un expert indépendant expulsé de Centrafrique par l'ONU |url=https://www.marianne.net/monde/un-expert-independant-expulse-de-centrafrique-par-l-onu |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=www.marianne.net |language=fr}}</ref> and said they could be investigated by the Criminal Court.<ref name=":2" /> He had been tasked as an independent expert for the [[United Nations]] with developing a strategy for investigations conducted by the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic. He was fired by the UN less than a week after his mission started.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fr.africanews.com/2018/05/31/centrafrique-la-minusca-expulse-un-expert-francais-qui-l-accuse-de-crimes |title=Centrafrique: la Minusca expulse un expert français qui l'accuse de crimes |lang=fr |first=Carole |last=Kouassi |date=31 May 2018 |website=fr.africanews.com}}</ref> Branco denied that his actions ran contrary to the interests of the United Nations, writing that “denouncing crimes [...] is a requirement for anyone, and in particular for those in charge of fighting them,”.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2018-05-31 |title=U.N. fires Central Africa legal adviser who accused peacekeepers of massacre |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-centralafrica-un-idUSKCN1IW265 |access-date=2023-05-07}}</ref>


Branco's book ''Crépuscule'', in which he criticized the French president [[Emmanuel Macron]], was published in 2019. It was commercially successful. It received mostly negative reviews in the French press.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/culture-idees/250419/crepuscule-juan-branco-decouvre-la-lune?onglet=full|title=Crépuscule: Juan Branco découvre la lune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/avis-critique/avis-critique-emission-du-samedi-11-mai-2019|title = "Peuplecratie" d'Ilvo Diamanti et Marc Lazar / "Crépuscule" de Juan Branco| date=11 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.slate.fr/story/176217/livre-crepuscule-juan-branco-fact-checking-pouvoir-emmanuel-macron-politique-medias|title = "Crépuscule» de Juan Branco, ce qu'il faut garder et ce qu'il faut jeter"|date = 26 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marianne.net/culture/crepuscule-juan-branco-livre-critique|title = "Crépuscule" de Juan Branco : Fausse enquête-révélations sur Macron et vrai gâchis|date = 6 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/gilets-jaunes/critique-des-medias-attaques-sur-macron-on-a-lu-crepuscule-le-livre-censure-de-juan-branco_3403909.html|title=Critique des médias, attaques sur Macron... On a lu "Crépuscule", le livre "censuré" de Juan Branco|date=25 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.letemps.ch/opinions/peur-revolutionnaire-juan-branco|title = Qui a peur du "révolutionnaire" Juan Branco?|newspaper = Le Temps|date = 17 April 2019}}</ref>
Branco's book ''Crépuscule'', in which he criticized the French president [[Emmanuel Macron]], was published in 2019. The book was commercially successful, but it received mostly negative reviews in the French press.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/culture-idees/250419/crepuscule-juan-branco-decouvre-la-lune?onglet=full|title=Crépuscule: Juan Branco découvre la lune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/avis-critique/avis-critique-emission-du-samedi-11-mai-2019|title = "Peuplecratie" d'Ilvo Diamanti et Marc Lazar / "Crépuscule" de Juan Branco| date=11 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.slate.fr/story/176217/livre-crepuscule-juan-branco-fact-checking-pouvoir-emmanuel-macron-politique-medias|title = "Crépuscule» de Juan Branco, ce qu'il faut garder et ce qu'il faut jeter"|date = 26 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marianne.net/culture/crepuscule-juan-branco-livre-critique|title = "Crépuscule" de Juan Branco : Fausse enquête-révélations sur Macron et vrai gâchis|date = 6 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/gilets-jaunes/critique-des-medias-attaques-sur-macron-on-a-lu-crepuscule-le-livre-censure-de-juan-branco_3403909.html|title=Critique des médias, attaques sur Macron... On a lu "Crépuscule", le livre "censuré" de Juan Branco|date=25 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.letemps.ch/opinions/peur-revolutionnaire-juan-branco|title = Qui a peur du "révolutionnaire" Juan Branco?|newspaper = Le Temps|date = 17 April 2019}}</ref>


In June 2019, he filed at the [[International Criminal Court]], jointly with Omer Shatz, a 250-page communication on European migration policy, accusing the leaders of the [[European Union]] of [[crimes against humanity]] over the deaths of thousands of migrants who have perished in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] while trying to flee [[Libya]] between 2014 and 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-03 |title=Décès de migrants en Méditerranée: des avocats veulent traduire l'UE en justice |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/deces-de-migrants-en-mediterranee-des-avocats-veulent-traduire-l-ue-en-justice-20190603 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=LEFIGARO |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Oltermann |first1=Philip |last2=Giuffrida |first2=Angela |date=2022-11-30 |title=European politicians accused of conspiring with Libyan coastguard to push back refugees |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/30/european-politicians-accused-of-conspiring-with-libyan-coastguard-to-push-back-refugees |access-date=2023-05-19 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name=":172">{{Cite web |title=Juan Branco, der Anwalt für Assange, die Gelbwesten und Flüchtlinge |url=https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000104349831/juan-branco-der-anwalt-fuer-assange-fuer-die-gelbwesten-und |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=DER STANDARD |language=de-AT}}</ref> The report also claimed that the EU "orchestrated the interception and detention of 40,000 people" seeking to flee the country between 2016 and 2019. The document was based on the analysis of five years of statements, decisions and European reports.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-06-03 |title=Deux avocats accusent l'UE de crimes contre l'humanité envers les migrants de Libye |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/06/03/plainte-contre-l-union-europeenne-devant-la-cpi-pour-le-traitement-des-migrants-en-libye_5470685_3210.html |access-date=2023-05-10}}</ref> The [[French Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] reacted by indicating that “this accusation […] has no legal basis”.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-03 |title=Migrants : deux avocats veulent que l'UE soit poursuivie pour crime contre l'humanité |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/monde/europe/migrants-deux-avocats-veulent-que-l-ue-soit-poursuivie-pour-crime-contre-l-humanite_2081944.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=L'Express |language=fr}}</ref>
In June 2019, he filed at the [[International Criminal Court]], jointly with Omer Shatz, a 250-page communication on European migration policy, accusing the leaders of the [[European Union]] of [[crimes against humanity]] over the deaths of thousands of migrants who have perished in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] while trying to flee [[Libya]] between 2014 and 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-03 |title=Décès de migrants en Méditerranée: des avocats veulent traduire l'UE en justice |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/deces-de-migrants-en-mediterranee-des-avocats-veulent-traduire-l-ue-en-justice-20190603 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=LEFIGARO |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Oltermann |first1=Philip |last2=Giuffrida |first2=Angela |date=2022-11-30 |title=European politicians accused of conspiring with Libyan coastguard to push back refugees |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/30/european-politicians-accused-of-conspiring-with-libyan-coastguard-to-push-back-refugees |access-date=2023-05-19 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name=":172">{{Cite web |title=Juan Branco, der Anwalt für Assange, die Gelbwesten und Flüchtlinge |url=https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000104349831/juan-branco-der-anwalt-fuer-assange-fuer-die-gelbwesten-und |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=DER STANDARD |language=de-AT}}</ref> The report also claimed that the EU "orchestrated the interception and detention of 40,000 people" seeking to flee the country between 2016 and 2019. The document was based on the analysis of five years of statements, decisions and European reports.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-06-03 |title=Deux avocats accusent l'UE de crimes contre l'humanité envers les migrants de Libye |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/06/03/plainte-contre-l-union-europeenne-devant-la-cpi-pour-le-traitement-des-migrants-en-libye_5470685_3210.html |access-date=2023-05-10}}</ref> The [[French Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] reacted by indicating that “this accusation […] has no legal basis”.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-03 |title=Migrants : deux avocats veulent que l'UE soit poursuivie pour crime contre l'humanité |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/monde/europe/migrants-deux-avocats-veulent-que-l-ue-soit-poursuivie-pour-crime-contre-l-humanite_2081944.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=L'Express |language=fr}}</ref>


In May 2020, Branco leaked an internal document from the Parisian [[Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris|AP-HP]] hospital which referred to a 75-year-old patient with no medical history and possible coronavirus who was denied an intensive care bed due to a lack of space. The AP-HP confirmed the authenticity of the document, that the patient is taken care of{{Not in source given|date=July 2023}} and acknowledged "tensions over ICU beds".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-28 |title=Un patient sans antécédents privé d'un lit en réanimation en Ile-de-France? |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2749939-20200328-coronavirus-ile-france-patient-antecedents-prive-lit-reanimation-manque-place |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.20minutes.fr |language=fr}}</ref>
In May 2020, Branco leaked an internal document from the Parisian [[Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris|AP-HP]] hospital which referred to a 75-year-old patient with no medical history and possible coronavirus who was denied an intensive care bed due to a lack of space.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-28 |title=Un patient sans antécédents privé d'un lit en réanimation en Ile-de-France? |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2749939-20200328-coronavirus-ile-france-patient-antecedents-prive-lit-reanimation-manque-place |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.20minutes.fr |language=fr}}</ref> In September 2021, Branco leaked [[Pfizer]]'s vaccine contracts that protect the US pharmaceutical company from legal action in the event of serious [[Side effect|side-effects]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last1=Busby |first1=Mattha |last2=Milhorance |first2=Flávia |date=2021-09-10 |title=Pfizer accused of holding Brazil 'to ransom' over vaccine contract demands |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/sep/10/pfizer-accused-of-holding-brazil-to-ransom-over-vaccine-contract-demands |access-date=2023-06-21 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pfizer is holding Brazil 'to ransom' over vaccine contract: Reports |url=https://www.wionews.com/world/pfizer-is-holding-brazil-to-ransom-over-vaccine-contract-reports-412122 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=WION |language=en-us}}</ref> The contract also revealed that Brazil elicited much cheaper jabs from Pfizer than the European Union, at about $10. Branco said that since the production cost of a Pfizer vaccine is believed to be a maximum of $2 (£1.50), the legitimacy of the profits should be questioned and citizens kept in the loop.<ref name=":0" />

In September 2021, Branco leaked [[Pfizer]]'s vaccine contracts that protect the US pharmaceutical company from legal action in the event of serious [[Side effect|side-effects]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last1=Busby |first1=Mattha |last2=Milhorance |first2=Flávia |date=2021-09-10 |title=Pfizer accused of holding Brazil 'to ransom' over vaccine contract demands |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/sep/10/pfizer-accused-of-holding-brazil-to-ransom-over-vaccine-contract-demands |access-date=2023-06-21 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pfizer is holding Brazil 'to ransom' over vaccine contract: Reports |url=https://www.wionews.com/world/pfizer-is-holding-brazil-to-ransom-over-vaccine-contract-reports-412122 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=WION |language=en-us}}</ref> The contract also revealed that Brazil elicited much cheaper jabs from Pfizer than the European Union, at about $10. Branco said that since the production cost of a Pfizer vaccine is believed to be a maximum of $2 (£1.50), the legitimacy of the profits should be questioned and citizens kept in the loop.<ref name=":0" />


== Legal advice and representations ==
== Legal advice and representations ==
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On 15 July, [[Senegal]] issued an [[international arrest warrant]] against Branco. The committee of lawyers for Sonko issued a statement in which it "firmly expressed (its) strong indignation at any such abuse of our colleague Juan Branco", whose "only fault" would be "to have denounced, at the request of victims' relatives, serious crimes allegedly committed in Senegal, and to have seized the competent jurisdictions to judge and condemn all the people" on whom "presumptions weigh".{{Additional citation needed|date=July 2023}}<ref>https://www.ouest-france.fr/monde/senegal/mandat-darret-international-signalements-ce-que-lon-sait-des-plaintes-visant-juan-branco-ef41ee6a-2317-11ee-9431-73dfb3ee49de</ref>
On 15 July, [[Senegal]] issued an [[international arrest warrant]] against Branco. The committee of lawyers for Sonko issued a statement in which it "firmly expressed (its) strong indignation at any such abuse of our colleague Juan Branco", whose "only fault" would be "to have denounced, at the request of victims' relatives, serious crimes allegedly committed in Senegal, and to have seized the competent jurisdictions to judge and condemn all the people" on whom "presumptions weigh".{{Additional citation needed|date=July 2023}}<ref>https://www.ouest-france.fr/monde/senegal/mandat-darret-international-signalements-ce-que-lon-sait-des-plaintes-visant-juan-branco-ef41ee6a-2317-11ee-9431-73dfb3ee49de</ref>

== Self-promotion on Wikipedia ==
{{Undue weight section|date=July 2023}}
Juan Branco has been editing his own [[Wikipedia]] pages for many years,{{Says who|date=July 2023}} attempting to embellish his biography. He makes his edits under multiple identities, using what are known as [[Sockpuppet (Internet)|sockpuppets]]. He has also edited articles of others to "settle accounts" by portraying them in a negative light.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/sur-wikipedia-les-vies-revees-de-juan-branco-20200221 |title = Sur Wikipédia, les vies rêvées de Juan Branco|date = 21 February 2020}}</ref>

He once wrote a threatening letter to the employer of another Wikipedia editor,{{Says who|date=July 2023}} pretending to be a "Wikipedia administrator" named "Addas Karadas" and threatening legal action.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Politique/Juan-Branco-l-avocat-qui-intrigue-1677637| title= Juan Branco, l'avocat qui intrigue}}</ref>


== Publications ==
== Publications ==

Revision as of 13:03, 17 July 2023

Juan Branco
Juan Branco in 2019
Born1989 (age 34–35)
Estepona, Andalusia,
Spain
NationalityFrench, Spanish
EducationÉcole normale supérieure (Paris) (doctorate)

Sciences Po Paris

École alsacienne
OccupationLawyer
Notable workCrépuscule
Political partyThe Greens (2008-2009)

Socialist Party (2012)
Partido X (2014)

La France Insoumise (2017-2018)
Parents

Juan Branco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwan ˈbɾaŋko], French: [bʁɑ̃ko], Portuguese: [ˈbɾɐ̃ko]) is a French lawyer, political activist and writer.

He gained notoriety in 2019 with his book Crépuscule, critical of French President Emmanuel Macron, and in early 2020, with his involvement in the Griveaux affair. He has been a supporter of the Yellow vests movement and defended figures of the movement pro-bono such as Maxime Nicolle or Christophe Dettinger.

In July 2023, his involvement as a lawyer of the Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko led him to be sued by the French government and to Senegal to issue an international arrest warrant against him.

Personal life

Born in Spain in 1989, in the municipality of Estepona, Andalusia, Juan Branco is the son of Portuguese film producer Paulo Branco and Spanish psychoanalyst Dolores López. He grew up in Andalusia and then in Paris, between the 5th and 6th arrondissements.[1] He has two sisters and a brother.[2] He was naturalized French in 2010.[3]

He studied at the École alsacienne, an elite private high school in Paris.[4] He is said to have had a "golden childhood" in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood of Paris, being acquainted to stars like Catherine Deneuve.[5]

He studied as undergraduate at Sciences Po and as graduate and PhD student at the École normale supérieure, where he was admitted without passing the entrance exam.[neutrality is disputed][unreliable source][6]

In 2013, he assisted to a horse race in the desert at the invite of the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi[unreliable source][undue weight? – discuss][4]

He wrote his thesis at the École normale supérieure in 8 months and this let him become a lawyer without having to pass the selective exam to enter in the school for lawyers.[7][neutrality is disputed][failed verification][8]

In 2018, L'Express stated that Branco is making false statements on his CV and elsewhere. After Branco defended himself from this accusation, L'Express provided additional information to prove their claims.[undue weight? – discuss] Branco claimed to have been a lecturer at the École normale supérieure, but the school told L'Express that it refers to an exercise for students that every student of the school do.[undue weight? – discuss] He also claimed "never having created a Skyblog", but L'Express provided captures of the blog he co-administered during his high-school years. The blog invited the pupils to rate the girls in the school according to their physique and used derogatory language.[undue weight? – discuss][9] Exercising his right of reply, published by the newspaper on 29 April 2019, Branco criticised the article for presenting "a one-sided portrait of a 29-year-old man, based in particular on facts that occurred during [his] minority";[10] he also pointed out that L'Express is owned by the businessman and billionaire Patrick Drahi, who had been heavily criticised in Crépuscule.[11][12][13]

Political activity and activism

As a student, Branco actively supported former right-wing Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, a friend of his mother's.[additional citation(s) needed][6]

Afterwards he supported The Greens (France) and then went on to participate in the campaign of future President François Hollande (Socialist Party). He worked several months during the campaign for future French Minister of Culture and Communications Aurélie Filippetti.

Branco then joined the left-wing populist party La France Insoumise. He stood in the 2017 French legislative election for Seine-Saint-Denis's 12th constituency where he placed fourth. His former running-mate stated that Branco "wanted to win a parliamentary seat and abandoned the party after the loss".[6] After he was refused a sufficiently high spot on the electoral list of La France Insoumise in the 2019 European Parliament election in France his support for the party ended and he called for an abstention in the election.[14][15]

He became a vocal supporter of the Yellow vests movement, some of whose members he also represented in court, including Maxime Nicolle,[5] and a critic of President of France Emmanuel Macron thereafter.[16]

In May 2018, he publicly accused on Twitter, the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) forces of committing a massacre in Bangui,[17] and said they could be investigated by the Criminal Court.[18] He had been tasked as an independent expert for the United Nations with developing a strategy for investigations conducted by the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic. He was fired by the UN less than a week after his mission started.[19] Branco denied that his actions ran contrary to the interests of the United Nations, writing that “denouncing crimes [...] is a requirement for anyone, and in particular for those in charge of fighting them,”.[18]

Branco's book Crépuscule, in which he criticized the French president Emmanuel Macron, was published in 2019. The book was commercially successful, but it received mostly negative reviews in the French press.[20][21][22][23][24][25]

In June 2019, he filed at the International Criminal Court, jointly with Omer Shatz, a 250-page communication on European migration policy, accusing the leaders of the European Union of crimes against humanity over the deaths of thousands of migrants who have perished in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to flee Libya between 2014 and 2019.[26][27][28] The report also claimed that the EU "orchestrated the interception and detention of 40,000 people" seeking to flee the country between 2016 and 2019. The document was based on the analysis of five years of statements, decisions and European reports.[29] The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted by indicating that “this accusation […] has no legal basis”.[30]

In May 2020, Branco leaked an internal document from the Parisian AP-HP hospital which referred to a 75-year-old patient with no medical history and possible coronavirus who was denied an intensive care bed due to a lack of space."Un patient sans antécédents privé d'un lit en réanimation en Ile-de-France?". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 2020-03-28. Retrieved 2023-06-21.</ref> In September 2021, Branco leaked Pfizer's vaccine contracts that protect the US pharmaceutical company from legal action in the event of serious side-effects.[31][32] The contract also revealed that Brazil elicited much cheaper jabs from Pfizer than the European Union, at about $10. Branco said that since the production cost of a Pfizer vaccine is believed to be a maximum of $2 (£1.50), the legitimacy of the profits should be questioned and citizens kept in the loop.[31]

He was in 2015 the legal advisor by WikiLeaks and met with Julian Assange, trying to help obtain asylum for Assange in France.[33][34]

In 2016 he solicited Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the group directly involved in the attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015 (in which 130 people were killed and 683 others were injured), proposing in a letter to help in his legal defense and claiming to be representing Julian Assange.[35][36] As he was not admitted to the bar and therefore not legally permitted to practice law at the time, one of the French lawyers representing Abdeslam characterized Brancos actions as attempted fraud.[37] Branco explained that in October 2016, he "had just got his lawyer certificate" and "could be sworn in and become a lawyer in a heartbeat if [he] had wanted to."[38][39][40]

Branco passed the bar in 2017, and, in 2019, have had 3 clients in two years, including his father, and was receiving welfare assistance (Revenu de solidarité active) during that time.[34][9]

He has represented his father Paulo Branco and won his case against Terry Gilliam in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote case.[41]

In 2021, he represented one of the defendants in the Mila affair cyberbullying case[42] and Marvel fitness, a defendant in another cyberbullying case, where Branco described the trial as "a playground conflict that should not have been litigated".[43]

Yellow vest protestors

During the Yellow Vests movement, he became the pro-bono lawyer for protest figures,[44] such as Maxime Nicolle,[45] Christophe Dettinger,[46] Stéphane Espic[47] and Carole Pigaiani.[48] After the protests, he continued to defend former protesters in court against Emmanuel Macron, such as Valérie Minet[49] and Damien Tarel.[50]

Maxime Nicolle

In particular, he intervened when Maxime Nicolle was arrested on the Champs-Elysées on 14 July 2019 during the Bastille Day and regularly gave him legal advice.[44] He denounced an "arbitrary detention" and initiated legal proceedings to find out who had given the order.[45] In September 2022, an investigation was opened against former prefect of Paris police Didier Lallement.[51]

Christophe Dettinger

He also defended the French professional boxer Christophe Dettinger, who was convicted of punching back two mobile gendarmes after clashes in Paris as part of the Yellow Vest protests.[52] On 13 February 2019, Dettinger was sentenced to one year in prison and 18 months' probation.[53] Branco tried to recover the money, €145 000, from a fundraising campaign set up to support the boxer, which was closed by the hosting website after less than 20 hours due to the outrage expressed by the authorities.[54] In 2021, the fund was cancelled by the court, and he appelead.[55][56]

Stephane Espic

In 2020, he defended Stéphane Espic against Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron.[47] On 8 August, while the presidential couple were on holiday at the Fort de Brégançon, yellow vests gathered on the nearby beach, launched several inflatable lobsters and climbed on them to demonstrate in front of the fort's beach - a reference to the controversy surrounding former minister François de Rugy, who resigned after photos of him eating lobster on public funds were published.[47] Convinced that she had been insulted, the first lady filed a complaint.[47] Branco had the case dismissed on 30 September on a technicality.[47][57]

Carole Pigaiani

In 2021, he defended two yellow vest protesters accused of "contempt of a public authority" for a caricature of French President Emmanuel Macron, police prefect Didier Lallement and US President Joe Biden.[48][58][59] Branco argued that the caricature was "part of the free exercise of satire and freedom of expression".[48] The two yellow vests were acquitted by the Paris Correctional Court on 26 May 2022.[60]

Damien Tarel

He also represented on appeal Damien Tarel, condemned for smacking Emmanuel Macron, defending "a purgatory gesture which relieved many French people".[61] On 2 November 2022, Damien Tarel was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment, four of which were suspended. He was also permanently banned from public employment, and deprived of his civil and family rights (including the right to vote) for a period of three years.[50][62]

Valérie Minet

In 2023, he defended Valérie Minet, who is being prosecuted for calling Emmanuel Macron a "scumbag" on Facebook. She was arrested and held in police custody for nine hours, and was then referred to the Magistrates' Court on a charge of insulting a public official. She faces a fine of 12,000 euros. Branco described the prosecution as an attempt at "intimidation". According to another lawyer contacted by France 3, these proceedings - and in particular the nine hours in police custody - were indeed unjustified.[63][64]

Griveaux affair

In February 2020 it was reported that he was representing the Russian activist Petr Pavlensky both before and after the latter leaked sexually explicit videos depicting Benjamin Griveaux, then candidate in the mayoral elections for Paris. Multiple sources claim that Juan Branco was himself involved in the leak,[65] a criminal offense under French law.[66] This was denied by Branco.

Pavlensky was arrested on 14 February 2020 for stabbing two people during a New Year's Eve party organized by Branco and his girlfriend in a Paris flat owned by the latters' parents.[relevant?][67]

After Branco was hired by Pavlensky as his defense attorney, the chairman of the French bar association opened an inquiry into the appropriateness of the defense in light of Branco's involvement in the affair. No conflict of interest was found but Branco was advised to step down as Pavlensky's defense attorney nonetheless due to a "lack of distance".[68] Branco originally followed the advice but later reverted his decision and joined the defense of Pavlensky once more.[69] Branco went on to request a psychological evaluation of Griveaux, the victim of the alleged crime, whose defense called the request "grotesque and hateful". The request was denied by the examining magistrate as it was deemed "not useful for the establishment of the truth".[relevant?][70]

In October 2020, it was reported that disciplinary proceedings are being pursued against Branco by the Paris Bar Association following his involvement in the affair.[71]

In September 2021, he received a blame from the Paris Bar Association for having "amplified the viral distribution" of the intimate videos, but was largely cleared of the other charges.[72]

In September 2022, the investigating magistrates cleared Branco of all charges.[73]

In June 2023, the Paris Court of Appeal overturned the discipline imposed on Branco by the Paris Bar Association.[74]

Sonko Affair

In 2023, he defended senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who was accused of defamation by the Senegalese Tourism Minister, after a statement about his management of public funds.[75][76] On 30 March, he was refused entry into the country by the police at Dakar airport.[77][78]

On 22 June, Juan Branco filed a complaint in France and also called for the International Criminal Court to investigate Senegalese officials for 'crimes against humanity', including President Macky Sall, his interior minister and the commander of the gendarmerie, as well as 119 suspects throughout the chain of command.[79][80] The 168-page document, which contained more than 600 pieces of evidence and detailed 50 deaths in Senegal since March 2021, came in the wake of deadly protests in early June sparked by criminal charges against Sonko that critics said were politically motivated.[81]

On 12 July 2023, the French government referred Juan Branco to the public prosecutor for putting in life danger French civil servants in Senegal. In the wake of the turmoil in Senegal around the politician Ousmane Sonko, imprisoned in a context of political feud with the current president, Branco had accused two French civil servants of crime against humanity, mentioning them by name, before disclosing the personal details of one of them. Branco also named five other agents in his complaint.[82][83]

On 15 July, Senegal issued an international arrest warrant against Branco. The committee of lawyers for Sonko issued a statement in which it "firmly expressed (its) strong indignation at any such abuse of our colleague Juan Branco", whose "only fault" would be "to have denounced, at the request of victims' relatives, serious crimes allegedly committed in Senegal, and to have seized the competent jurisdictions to judge and condemn all the people" on whom "presumptions weigh".[additional citation(s) needed][84]

Publications

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