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July 05, 2007

Bad Day for the French

Former French Prime Minister Dominique De Villepin may face conspiracy charges.

Police searched the home of Dominique de Villepin, the former French Prime Minister, yesterday as judges appeared close to charging him with conspiring to implicate Nicolas Sarkozy, now the President, in a corruption scandal. Criminal charges are thought likely after examining judges unearthed new evidence that appears to put Mr de Villepin, 56, close to the heart of the so-called Clearstream affair.

The scandal, under investigation since 2005, involves forged bank records that suggested falsely that Mr Sarkozy and other senior figures had received big bribes in the sale of French warships to Taiwan.

Mr de Villepin was serving as Foreign and then Interior Minister and Mr Sarkozy, his rival for the future presidency, was Finance, then Interior Minister.

Pity.

In other news, a member of new French President Nicolas Sarkozy's cabinet is a Truther.

Ah, it's always good to have a reason to hate the French.

Posted by slublog at July 5, 2007 08:46 PM

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