As far as scandals go, it's the gift that keeps giving—and now it's starting to give French President Nicolas Sarkozy the same pain in the derrière that it previously inflicted on his fellow conservatives. “It” is the now notorious “affaire Bettencourt”—a tangle of allegations involving manipulation, influence peddling, and financial improprieties that began proliferating last year from a row within the family of billionaire L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. Indications of misconduct and troubling conflicts of interest that exploded from that private-clash-gone-public saga have shaken France' legal and political system to their foundations, and cost numerous people involved their jobs—including a key member of Sarkozy's cabinet. Now that recently quelled storm looks set to begin raging anew with the publication of a new book containing accounts of Sarkozy having personally pocketed the same cash campaign contributions from Bettencourt that several other conservatives also allegedly illegally received. More...
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