Sarkozy bribing scandal rocks French government
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Labor Minister Eric Woerth allegedly accepted illegal cash campaign contributions from L’Oréal cosmetics heiress Liliane Bettencourt. (Photo: Wikipedia)
The Economist reports that two junior ministers from the French government have resigned over expense report discrepancies like $15,000 Cuban cigars and $147,489 for a private jet to fly to “a conference devoted to the penniless victims of the Haiti earthquake.” Now scandals regarding the acceptance of illegal campaign contributions have touched French Labor Minister Eric Woerth and even President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Sarkozy scandal allegedly involves L’Oréal heiress
Various media sources are claiming that Eric Woerth and his wife may have known about alleged tax evasion perpetrated by Liliane Bettencourt, L’Oréal heiress and the richest woman in Europe. At various dinner parties thrown by Bettencourt, it is apparently common knowledge (according to NPR) that the hearing-impaired 87-year-old heiress would distribute envelopes filled with cash to her “friends” who may have needed to borrow money fast to boost their political currency. Considering that Mrs. Woerth also works for Bettencourt in a money management venture, the blind eye turned to Bettencourt’s alleged tax evasion and the allegations of hundreds of thousands of dollars in what could amount to political bribes are particularly damning. In the final act of “Sarkozy Scandale,” President Sarkozy supposedly accepted nearly $200,000 in envelope money while he was still mayor of Neuilly, a well-to-do Paris suburb. … click here to read the rest of the article titled “Sarkozy bribing scandal rocks French government“
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