브레이크뉴스 김충열 정치전문기자 = 더불어민주당은 국민의힘 한동훈 의원을 향해 “김승원 법무부 장관 후보자를 향한 공세를 '캐비닛 정치'로 규정하며 즉각 중단하라”고 촉구했다.
 ▲조계원 대변인은 "한동훈 법무부에서 대변인과 부대변인을 지낸 검사들이 핵심 보직으로 이동해 사건을 지휘·수사했고, 검찰은 약 3년간 검사 11명을 투입해 징역 8개월 구형 방안까지 검토했으나 후보자를 재판에 넘기지 못했다"고 강조했다. © 김충열 정치전문기자 |
조계원 더불어민주당 대변인은 6일, 서면브리핑을 통해 "김승원 법무부 장관 후보자의 식약처 민원은 코로나19 치료제 개발이 국가적 과제였던 지난 2021년, 국내 중소기업이 부당한 불이익을 받지 않도록 살펴봐 달라는 공익적 고충민원이었다"며 "이를 범죄로 몰아가는 한동훈 의원과 국힘의 주장은 과도한 억측이자 흑색선전"이라고 비판했다.
사건의 경위에 대해서는 "2022년 11월 대검찰청 첩보 이첩으로 시작되어 당시 한동훈 법무부 장관·이원석 검찰총장 체제에서 수사가 본격화됐고, 이후 박성재 법무장관·심우정 검찰총장 체제에서 기소유예 처분이 내려졌다"며 "수사부터 처분까지 모두 윤석열 정부에서 이루어진 광범위한 표적 수사였다"고 지적했다.
이어 "한동훈 법무부에서 대변인과 부대변인을 지낸 검사들이 핵심 보직으로 이동해 사건을 지휘·수사했고, 검찰은 약 3년간 검사 11명을 투입해 징역 8개월 구형 방안까지 검토했으나 후보자를 재판에 넘기지 못했다"고 강조했다.
불기소 이유서에도 민원 전달 자체를 위법하다고 단정하기 어렵고 식약처 규정 위반이나 금품 수수가 없었다고 명시되어 있다는 설명이다.
조 대변인은 검찰이 내린 '기소유예' 처분에 대해서도 반박했다. 그는 "기소유예는 법원의 유죄 판결이 아니라 검사의 불기소처분일 뿐이며, 김 후보자는 처분의 전제가 잘못됐다며 헌법소원을 제기한 사안"이라며 "죄가 있었다면 굳이 헌법소원까지 제기했겠느냐"고 반문했다.
특히 후보자 지명과 동시에 수사 과정에서 확보된 문자, 녹취, 검찰 내부 검토자료가 유출된 점을 직격했다. 조 대변인은 "한동훈 의원은 출처도 밝히지 않은 녹취와 수사자료를 가지고 국회에서 김 후보자를 음해하며 여론재판을 벌이고 있다"며 "검찰보고사무규칙상 국회의원 사건은 법무부 장관 보고 대상이므로 한 의원도 당시 보고를 받았을 텐데, 사건 종결이 한참 지난 지금, 이 자료들을 어떻게 입수했는지 밝히지 않고 있다"고 따져 물었다.
끝으로 조계원 대변인은 "기소할 증거가 있었다면 당시 기소했어야 하며, 재판에 넘기지 못한 사건을 정치적으로 필요한 순간 꺼내 활용하는 것은 검증이 아니라 '캐비닛 정치'"라며 "한 의원은 정치검찰 시절에나 통했던 악의적인 캐비닛 정치를 당장 중단하고, 불법적으로 입수한 수사자료와 녹취의 입수 경위를 국민 앞에 명명백백히 밝히라"고 촉구했다. hpf21@naver.com
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Democratic Party Spokesperson Cho Gye-won: "Han Dong-hoon, Stop 'Cabinet Politics' Under the Pretext of Verification... Reveal How You Obtained Investigation Materials"
"Candidate Kim Seung-won's Complaint Is a Public Interest Grievance, Suspension of Indictment Is a Matter for a Constitutional Appeal"
"Prosecution Under Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Failed to Indict Despite Targeted Investigations for Three Years... Malicious Trial by Public Opinion Must Stop Immediately"
Break News Political Reporter Kim Choong-lyoul = The Democratic Party of Korea urged People Power Party Representative Han Dong-hoon to "immediately cease his offensive against Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won, characterizing it as 'cabinet politics.'" On the 6th, Jo Gye-won, spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized the claims made by Representative Han Dong-hoon and the People Power Party through a written briefing, stating, "Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won's complaint to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety was a public-interest grievance requesting that the Ministry look into ensuring domestic small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would not suffer unfair disadvantages back in 2021, when the development of COVID-19 treatments was a national priority." He added, "The claims by Representative Han Dong-hoon and the People Power Party to frame this as a crime are excessive speculation and smear campaigns."
Regarding the circumstances of the case, he pointed out, "It began with a transfer of intelligence from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in November 2022, and the investigation was fully launched under the leadership of then-Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon and Prosecutor General Lee Won-suk; subsequently, a deferred prosecution decision was issued under the leadership of Justice Minister Park Sung-jae and Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung." He further noted, "From the investigation to the disposition, it was a broad targeted investigation carried out entirely by the Yoon Suk-yeol administration."
He further emphasized, "Prosecutors who served as spokesperson and deputy spokesperson under Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon moved to key positions to direct and investigate the case. The prosecution deployed 11 prosecutors over approximately three years and even considered seeking an eight-month prison sentence, but ultimately failed to bring the nominee to trial."
He explained that the statement of reasons for non-indictment also explicitly states that it is difficult to conclude that the delivery of the complaint itself was illegal, and that there were no violations of Ministry of Food and Drug Safety regulations or the acceptance of bribes.
Spokesperson Cho also refuted the prosecution's decision to grant a "suspension of indictment." He stated, "A suspension of indictment is merely a prosecutor's decision not to indict, not a guilty verdict from the court. This is a case where Nominee Kim filed a constitutional appeal arguing that the premise of the disposition was flawed," and asked rhetorically, "If there had been a crime, would he have gone so far as to file a constitutional appeal?"
In particular, he directly criticized the fact that text messages, recordings, and internal prosecution review materials obtained during the investigation were leaked simultaneously with the nominee's nomination. Spokesperson Cho pointed out, "Representative Han Dong-hoon is slandering Nominee Kim in the National Assembly and staging a trial by public opinion using recordings and investigative materials whose sources have not been disclosed." He continued, "Since cases involving National Assembly members are subject to reporting to the Minister of Justice under the Rules on Reporting Procedures for the Prosecution, Representative Han must have received a report at the time; however, now that the case has long since concluded, he is refusing to disclose how he obtained these materials."
Finally, Spokesperson Cho Gye-won urged, "If there was evidence to indict, he should have been indicted at the time. Bringing up a case that was not brought to trial and using it for political gain is not verification, but 'cabinet politics.'" He demanded, "Representative Han must immediately stop this malicious 'cabinet politics' that was only acceptable during the era of political prosecution, and clearly reveal to the public the circumstances under which he obtained these illegally acquired investigative materials and recordings." hpf21@naver.com
