Sarkogate: All Le President’s Men?

Sarkogate? Le Mondegate? L'Oréalgate? Evidence continued to pile up yesterday that President Nicolas Sarkozy's office abused its powers, and broke the law, to staunch newspaper revelations flowing from the convoluted (but endlessly fascinating) L'Oréal family feud and political financing scandal.

The comparison with President Richard Nixon and the Watergate affair of the 1970s may be something of a stretch. Consider, however, the similarities.'

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