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DOMINIQUE de VILLEPIN :: Ex-Premier of France Under Formal Investigation
The New York Times ^
| July 27 2007
| MAIA DEMAIA DE LA BAUME LA BAUME
Posted on 07/29/2007 12:30:51 AM PDT by Cincinna
The former prime minister of France, Dominique de Villepin, was placed under formal investigation on Friday in an inquiry into whether he was involved in a campaign to smear Nicolas Sarkozy before Mr. Sarkozy won the presidency.
A lawyer for Mr. de Villepin, Luc Brossollet, said Friday that Mr. de Villepin was being investigated for complicity to make false accusations after the former prime minister appeared before two judges assigned to the case, Agence France-Presse reported.
The scandal involved false documentation that seemed to show large sums of money, presumably bribes, passing through secret bank accounts held by Mr. Sarkozy and others. Mr. Sarkozy said at the time that the scandal had been orchestrated to ruin his chances for the presidency.
Mr. Sarkozy was Mr. de Villepins chief political rival at the time the accusations were made.
(Excerpt) Read more at select.nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: france; sarkozy; villepin; weasel
Ex Weasel-in-Chief faces the music. Out on $250,000 bail.
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posted on
07/29/2007 12:30:56 AM PDT
by
Cincinna
To: nctexan; MassachusettsGOP; paudio; ronnie raygun; Minette; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; untenured; ...
VILLEPIN, THE SILVER HAIRED FRENCH WEASEL STABS US IN THE BACK AT THE UN
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posted on
07/29/2007 12:36:31 AM PDT
by
Cincinna
(HILLARY & HER HINO :: Keep the Arkansas Grifters out of the White house.)
To: Cincinna
Who is the author??? LOL
I like Sarkozy so far!
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posted on
07/29/2007 12:44:27 AM PDT
by
Aria
(NO RAPIST ENABLER FOR PRESIDENT!!!)
To: Cincinna
If Chirac and Villepin did that to their own colleague in the government, Sarkozy, what
might have been prepared for the Spanish prime minister Aznar, their adversary in the European Constitution approval and in many other issues, taking into account that ETA is based in Southern France?
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posted on
07/29/2007 12:50:52 AM PDT
by
J Aguilar
(Veritas vos liberabit)
To: Cincinna
The Weasel thought he had the election in the bag as he slandered and lied about Mr. Sarkozy. Now he is getting bagged for the deceitful, snobbish crook he really is.
Maybe his bail money was derived from kick back money from Saddam's oil-for-food era?
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posted on
07/29/2007 1:07:09 AM PDT
by
M. Espinola
(Freedom is never free)
To: Cincinna
Neuter the yappy little french poodle.
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posted on
07/29/2007 3:20:34 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(Jan 20, 2009 - "We Don't Know. Where Rudy Went. Just Glad He's Not. The President. Burma Shave.")
To: mkjessup
Still cracks me up...almost 5 yrs later:
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posted on
07/29/2007 3:40:24 AM PDT
by
Timeout
(I hate MediaCrats! ......and trial lawyers.)
To: Cincinna
Couldn’t be happening to a nicer guy.
Waiting for the Chirac indictments to come down!
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:19:37 AM PDT
by
Philistone
(Your existence as a non-believer offends the Prophet(MPBUH).)
To: Cincinna
Isn’t this what Spitzer is being investigated for also?? SMEARING.
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:27:56 AM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
(Hillary in '08.....Her PHONINESS is GENUINE !!!!)
To: Cincinna
Seems the “holier than thous” are actually not so holy after all.
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:32:14 AM PDT
by
randita
To: randita
They saw how the “free press” in the US let Clinton get away with murder, and since the French gov’t controls the press there, it should have been a slam-dunk.
To: Suzy Quzy
I thought exactly the same thing when I first read the Spitzer stories: “reminds me of DeVillepin”. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out it has to do with their all using the same U.S. political consultants
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:31:12 AM PDT
by
Timeout
(I hate MediaCrats! ......and trial lawyers.)
To: Cincinna
The French are cleaning house! Way to go!
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posted on
07/29/2007 7:05:47 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(War is Not the Answer, but Peace is Not an Option)
To: Cincinna
To: Timeout
Are they both using CarVILE and BUGala?
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posted on
07/29/2007 10:35:46 AM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
(Hillary in '08.....Her PHONINESS is GENUINE !!!!)
To: Suzy Quzy
"Are they both using CarVILE and BUGala?"
"In 2004, when Mr. Sarkozy was a cabinet member, hoping to succeed the longtime president, Jacques Chirac, investigators received a CD-ROM containing the names of supposed beneficiaries of kickbacks paid in the sale of French frigates to Taiwan in 1991. The list included secret bank accounts at Clearstream, a financial clearinghouse based in Luxembourg that had earlier been the subject of corruption charges.
Investigators determined that the information on the CD-ROM was false. Mr. Sarkozy is not under investigation. "
yitbos
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posted on
07/29/2007 2:53:23 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
To: bruinbirdman
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posted on
07/29/2007 3:19:55 PM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
(Hillary in '08.....Her PHONINESS is GENUINE !!!!)
To: Cincinna
The thing I like best about formal investigation are the tailored suits.
Villepin should be getting fitted for a prison jumpsuit about now.
Maybe he and Chirac can be cellmates.
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posted on
07/29/2007 9:33:13 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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