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French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence

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375 points begueradj | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 05:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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qq66 ◴[22 Oct 25 07:48 UTC] No.45666006[source]▶
So is this a criminal president receiving justice, or a politically motivated prosecution?
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dmurray ◴[22 Oct 25 08:02 UTC] No.45666093[source]▶
A bit of both. He definitely did criminal things, but they look worse because Gaddafi was such a politically unpopular ("terrorist") leader in the west. If he'd got the same funding from the Obama regime, surely he would never have gone to prison.
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1. monerozcash ◴[22 Oct 25 08:35 UTC] No.45666314[source]▶
This is France, getting money from Obama would likely have been worse.