Nicolas Sarkozy Jail Sentence Buoys Trump Critics as U.S. Prosecutors Close In
On 3/1/21 at 11:06 AM EST
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to prison Monday by a Paris court which found him guilty of corruption and influence peddling, prompting many U.S. onlookers to suggest former President Donald Trump could be next across the Atlantic.
French authorities who were conducting several simultaneous investigations into Sarkozy used telephone wiretaps to uncover his offer to pull strings in order to help a judge obtain a prestigious job in Monaco. In exchange, Sarkozy s bribe sought to alleviate himself from an ongoing criminal investigation into illegal campaign financing for his 2007 and 2012 runs. Sarkozy s prison sentence for corruption prompted many American Trump critics to express their hope that the former U.S. president, who is at the center of several federal and state investigations, could also be held accountable for numerous allegations of wrongdoing.
The X-Files – are left with tantalising echoes of all that might have been.
Like a number of its forebears, it was cursed with poor ratings and an untimely end, yet
Fringe succeeded on multiple levels. Bold, boundary-breaking and often brilliant, its five seasons (2008–2013) whirled from one high-concept premise to another, anchoring its flights of sci-fi fancy in emotional depth with as much skill as the best examples of its genre.
FBI agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) finds herself embroiled in a succession of mind-bending, grisly cases as she’s drawn further and further into a whirlpool of weirdness with mismatched father-and-son team Walter and Peter Bishop (John Noble and Joshua Jackson). Aided by wise and witty Astrid Farnsworth (Jasika Nicole), their stern superior Phillip Broyles (Lance Reddick), and thoughtful colleague Charlie Francis (Kirk Acevedo), Olivia’s quest for answers sees her regularly cross swords with the mysterious Nina Sharp (Blair Brown), COO of dee
Kacey Musgraves trolls Ted Cruz with t-shirt benefitting Texans
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Kacey Musgraves is trolling Texas Senator Ted Cruz in a major way. (Photo by Erika Goldring/FilmMagic)Erika Goldring/FilmMagicShow MoreShow Less
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Musgraves shirts will benefit Texans suffering from power outages and water shortages.Kacey MusgravesShow MoreShow Less
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Texas is cold, and Kacey Musgraves says she can be the same.
The Grammy-award-winning singer and songwriter from Golden, Texas, is among the many who weren t at all pleased with Senator Ted Cruz s failed attempt to enjoy the sunny skies in Cancun as millions of Texans sat freezing in the dark.
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After news broke that conservative talk show giant Rush Limbaugh had died at age 70 on Wednesday, many on the Left took to trashing Limbaugh and celebrating his death. Many on Twitter expressed ill-wishes, hoping Limbaugh would “rest in piss.” Many prominent celebrities shared fabricated quotes falsely attributed to Rush Limbaugh or took his remarks out of context to condemn him.
“Anyone referring to Rush Limbaugh as a ‘patriot’ is a white supremacist,” Kelly Mantle, a drag queen actor, tweeted with the hashtag “Rest in piss.”
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