January 31, 2004
THE DEMOCRATS' FRIENDS--THE KLEPTOCRATS:
Crisis for Chirac as Juppé is found guilty on funding (Philip Delves, 31/01/2004, Daily Telegraph)
A political crisis engulfed President Jacques Chirac last night after his closest ally and heir apparent, the former prime minister Alain Juppé, was found guilty of illegal party funding.Juppé, who was once described by M Chirac as "the best among us", was barred from public office for 10 years and given an 18-month suspended prison sentence. [...]
While head of M Chirac's previous party, Rally for the Republic (RPR) and financial director at the town hall, Juppé arranged for the illegal payment of RPR employees with city money.
His conviction is extremely embarrassing for M Chirac, who has avoided similar charges of illegal party funding through bribes, expense fiddling and creating imaginary jobs at the Paris town hall only by changing the law on presidential immunity to protect him while in office. Juppé is seen by many to be taking the fall for his mentor.
Remind us again why the Democrats want to set up the French and Germans as our moral arbiters? Posted by Orrin Judd at January 31, 2004 7:14 AM
The Germans can even put a cannibal away for life!
Posted by: Paul Cella at January 31, 2004 7:39 AMGerman Cannibal Gets Nearly Nine Years in Prison
Dog years? :-)
Posted by: Uncle Bill at January 31, 2004 8:59 AMMore good news for John "I look French" Kerry
Posted by: AWW at January 31, 2004 9:55 AMMr. Judd;
Because that's the kind of thing they'd like to get away with themselves?
Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at January 31, 2004 12:06 PM