The former French president  has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to a two year suspended prison sentence after a long-running criminal trial concluded this week. The events which led to the trial predate Chirac's time as president but center around Chirac's prior role as mayor of  from 1977 to 1995. The court agreed with prosecutors who alleged that Chirac created fake government jobs in order to funnel an estimated €1 million of public money to his political allies in the Rally for the Republic organization.
The former French president Jacques Chirac has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to a two year suspended prison sentence after a long-running criminal trial concluded this week. The events which led to the trial predate Chirac's time as president but center around Chirac's prior role as mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995. The court agreed with prosecutors who alleged that Chirac created fake government jobs in order to funnel an estimated €1 million of public money to his political allies in the Rally for the Republic organization.
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Jacques Chirac
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Paris