The judge who signed the warrant — and the lawyer who drafted it — both undercut its legality

Testimony in the trials has centred on the arrest warrant the plot relied on. Ecuadorian lawyer José Antonio Corrales testified he drafted the warrant for Moïse's arrest, and Judge Jean Roger Noelcius — who signed it, designating Judge Wendelle Coq Thélot as heir — testified by video that he had no authority to order the arrest of a sitting president.