A Judicial source revealed "that Judge Ghada Aoun was dismissed after she had a chance to explain her side of the story and after hearing from people who were against her".

"She had also disobeyed warnings from the Supreme Judicial Council about making public comments and publishing things on social media that broke the rules. She had also ignored memos and circulars from Judge Ghassan Oweidat which said she could not investigate financial files".

The judicial source stressed to Asharq Al-Awsat that "decision was not influenced by politics and was based on facts and statements from the media which showed that Judge Aoun had not denied anything herself".