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Chirac found guilty on corruption charges
Former French President Jacques Chirac was found guilty Thursday on corruption charges stemming from his time as mayor of Paris and given a two year suspended sentence, a court in the French capital announced.
He was convicted of breach of trust, misappropriation of public funds and illegal use of influence, the Paris Court's press office said.
It was uncertain whether Chirac, 79, would appeal the verdict.
"We have to talk about it with the person concerned," said his attorney Georges Kiejman. "We'll know tonight if he accepts this decision or if on the contrary he wants to appeal."
Chirac was mayor of Paris, from 1977 to 1995, before he became president.
He had immunity from prosecution during the 12 years he was president of France, from 1995 to 2007.
He was accused - along with the other defendants - of using public money to pay people to work for his political party, the RPR, and to pay others to perform jobs that did not really exist.
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Sounds like everyday political life in America. Imagine : Paying a political cohort with public money. A crime against all humanity.
his coworkers in this country would think him a hero
He got a two-year suspended sentence.
He is 79.
He should let it go, and not appeal.
He could, *maybe*, get the conviction overturned, and perhaps he acquitted, but to what end?
He could also be re-convicted and die in prison.
If I were him, I'd let it go.
In France, you don't go to prison for corruption. Like America, they dedicate and erect a statue in your honor.
What Chirac did to France is nothing compared to what Bayer Pharmaceuticals are doing: KNOWINGLY distributing drugs laced with HIV in France. Google 'nazi bayer ag' and watch video/read results of investigations. Congress and President Obama? They approve of what Bayer AG is doing. CNN? Afraid that if they report this, you would just change the channel.
This kind of thing always happens when a politician runs out of bribe money.
What does? Somebody posts crap about aspirin?
Only an average American would confuse the FDA busting Bayer AG, who was then busted in France doing the same thing with "crap about aspirin". Did you get an A+ in crap about Grade school english?