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malaise

(268,987 posts)
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 07:37 AM Aug 2014

Christine Lagarde to be investigated for alleged role in political fraud case

And these are the people imposing their neo-liberal BS on our lives
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/27/christine-lagarde-imf-investigated-alleged-political-fraud
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The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, was placed under formal investigation by French magistrates on Wednesday for her alleged role in a long-running political fraud case, a source close to the former French finance minister said.

The source said Lagarde, who was earlier questioned by magistrates in Paris under her existing status as a witness, believed the decision to investigate her for alleged negligence was unfounded and would appeal against it. A French judiciary source also confirmed the step.

In French law, magistrates place someone under formal investigation when they believe there are indications of wrongdoing, but that does not always lead to a trial.

The inquiry into the tycoon Bernard Tapie has embroiled several of former president Nicolas Sarkozy's cabinet members, including Lagarde.

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Christine Lagarde to be investigated for alleged role in political fraud case (Original Post) malaise Aug 2014 OP
This is so worth following. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #1

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
1. This is so worth following.
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 12:53 PM
Aug 2014

Lagarde is one of those who for years has been selling out France and later other Euro countiries.
She reminds me of Thatcher.

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