[HN Gopher] Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to...
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       Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for
       corruption
        
       Author : beefman
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2021-03-01 19:11 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | cjbenedikt wrote:
       | Would this ever be possible in say - the US?
        
         | vijayr02 wrote:
         | I think we're going to find out very soon...
         | 
         | Edit: not at the presidential level but certainly cabinet
         | members have gone to prison before:
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         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teapot_Dome_scandal
        
       | leipert wrote:
       | > sentenced to jail for corruption
       | 
       | > but is unlikely to spend time in prison
       | 
       | Corruption seems hardly to bear any consequence. Sigh.
        
       | greatgib wrote:
       | What is very funny is that he was the architect of the laws that
       | allows police to tap phones lines with very little oversight and
       | proof.
       | 
       | This guy did very bad to lead us to the current privacy hostile
       | world we are in, profiting of his power for personal gain.
       | 
       | So it is well deserved, and sadly probably too little!
        
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