Posted on 07/22/2016 8:19:41 AM PDT by BenLurkin
France's highest appeals court ruled on Friday that International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde must stand trial for her role in a 400 million euros ($440 million) state payout in 2008 to businessman Bernard Tapie.
She was French finance minister at the time.
The court rejected her appeal against a judge's order in December for her to stand trial at the Cour de Justice de la Republique, a special court that tries ministers for crimes in office.
Her lawyer Patrick Maisonneuve expressed regret over the decision and said he was convinced that the trial would show she was innocent.
IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said that its executive board had been briefed on the matter and continued to have confidence in Lagarde's capacity to carry out her functions.
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I wonder if she spirited Qaddafi's gold as well?
She needs to call Comey and Lynch. They know how to deal with these things.
So, isn’t this the second IMF head in a row who has been prosecuted criminally?
the second french IMF head - having been married to a french woman and been in that group of people, there is no such thing as an honest french business
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