Conley
12-15-2011, 10:22 AM
A French court has given former President Jacques Chirac a two-year suspended prison sentence for diverting public funds and abusing public trust.
Mr Chirac, 79, was not in court to hear the verdict because of ill-health but denied wrongdoing.
President from 1995 to 2007, he was put on trial on charges that dated back to his time as mayor of Paris.
He was accused of paying members of his Rally for the Republic (RPR) party for municipal jobs that did not exist.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16194089
Remember our old buddy Chirac? He messed up big time...you have to have done some pretty bad stuff to be sent to prison as a 79 year old ex-President. I had forgotten he was embroiled in this scandal.
Mr Chirac, 79, was not in court to hear the verdict because of ill-health but denied wrongdoing.
President from 1995 to 2007, he was put on trial on charges that dated back to his time as mayor of Paris.
He was accused of paying members of his Rally for the Republic (RPR) party for municipal jobs that did not exist.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16194089
Remember our old buddy Chirac? He messed up big time...you have to have done some pretty bad stuff to be sent to prison as a 79 year old ex-President. I had forgotten he was embroiled in this scandal.