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French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence

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375 points begueradj | 2 comments | 22 Oct 25 05:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.415s | source
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ytNumbers ◴[22 Oct 25 13:27 UTC] No.45668825[source]▶
There is no excuse for corruption. However, everyone in all countries should ask themselves whether or not most of the representatives in their congress/parliament would, if investigated, be found guilty of the same sort of corruption. Power corrupts.
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1. khamidou ◴[22 Oct 25 14:02 UTC] No.45669333[source]▶
If you read up on this story, you'd find out it's not run off the mill corruption. Sarkozy actually conspired with a foreign state – in particular with someone who directed a terror attack that killed 50 french citizens (!) – to fund his campaign.
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2. agumonkey ◴[22 Oct 25 16:02 UTC] No.45671178[source]▶
This among a list of shady things like unauthorized spying. The man is not on his first rodeo