He also served as one-third of the Tripartite Council which appointed the seven-member Council of Sages which took power in the immediate aftermath of the 2004 Haiti Rebellion which overthrew former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, of whom Denis was a vocal opponent.
[1] The 2010 Haiti earthquake destroyed the Ministry of Justice building and Denis, who was working in his office at the time, was one of several politicians initially reported dead.
[2] [3] However, Denis was able to exit the building in time but many of his staffers and advisers were killed.
[4] Before the quake, he had been campaigning in the presidential phase of the 2006 Haitian elections on behalf of the OPL.
[5] Accused in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse on 7 July 2021, he was cleared by judge Walter Wesser Voltaire in charge of the investigation.