PARIS (AP) — A prosecutor's office has recommended dropping one longstanding corruption case against former President Jacques Chirac, while he is set to go to trial for a similar affair in March.
The prosecutor's office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre said Monday it has recommended dropping charges against Chirac in one of several scandals that date back to his 1977-1995 tenure as Paris mayor. An investigating magistrate must now make a decision.
Chirac, who founded the Rally for the Republic party, or RPR, reborn as UMP — President Nicolas Sarkozy's party — has for years been dogged by a series of party financing scandals, with allegations he set up a system to feed millions …
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