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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy gets a historic prison sentence for corruption. He can serve one year of a suspended term at home.

Paris A French court on Monday sentenced former President Nicolas Sarkozy to three years in prison for corruption and influence peddling, but suspended two years of the sentence.

President from 2007 to 2012, he was found guilty of trying to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014 about an ongoing investigation into his campaign finances.The judge said Sarkozy did not need to serve time in jail. He could serve the sentence by wearing an electronic bracelet at home. The 66-year-old is the first president to have been sentenced to jail in France's modern history.

 

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Well...if this punishment isn't allowed for other similar crimes, it's discrimation! Get it? Shame on them.

He can also fuck off.

C'est gens la pour la plupart, n'on absolument aucune considération pour les classes inférieures à la leur, ils ne raisonnent que pae le pouvoir et l'argent. Aucune pitié pour ce mec qu'on a eu comme président en plus quel honte !

Oh how the mighty fall. 😳

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La racaille,

He deserves it

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Talk about hypocrisy and ignorance. Americans saying Sarkozy house arrest for misappropriation of fund is not enough when their own criminal president responsible for deaths and and Capitol invasion gets NOTHING America corruption blindpatriotism

What Americans call the “socialist country” has more balls than they would ever have!

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MahinJalalkhan House arrest, or as it's known the past year... basically regular life?

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90% of leaders are corrupted! Men with power with no morals or compassion. The West is just bad as the East, but they lie to themselves because they believe in their fake democracy while they’re citizen are distracted by endless entertainment.

What a slap on the wrist... there there naughty boy

Nice, JustinTrudeau your next, ha ha

All round a nice bunch: In 2011, former president Jacques Chirac found guilty misuse of public funds given two-year suspended sentence. The last French head of state to be sentenced to jail was Marshal Philippe Pétain in 1945 -- for treason after he collaborated with the Nazis.

Corruption sentences should be extreme to avoid the significant harm of it.

Get ready for your striped prison suit Dopey Don! TaxFraud Insurrectionist ElectionFraudLarcenyExtortion

Bush and Blair next...

At home? That’s a punishment? Give me a break

So he loots all the money and lives his life like the rest of us. Got it

BREAKING NEWS Former democratically elected Presidents are not above the law. Former French President Sarkozy is being sent to jail. Donald, you are going to jail. Don, can you say PRECEDENT? Sarkozy JusticeMatters TrumpIsGuilty

Jail at home is like school at home, it is not

*looks at boris johnson in french*

Delight in distress

wtf, toss him in gen pop like they would the rest of society

So Sarkozy is NOT going to jail

quel scandale politique. celui qui ne pouvait pas s'en tirer ...

This same Sarkozy push for ousting of Muammar Gaddafi and destroyed and turned Libya into a rubble today! Don't know what AmbRice46 and BarackObama saw in him to believe in the ousting of Gaddafi?

Poor fellow now bruna is free soul 😜😁

Historic?Maybe coz of the slap on the wrist surely.Historic😂😂😂

Ahh,better luck next time

Unlike the GOP, the French held Mr. Sarkozy accountable for his actions.

You can always join the Legion.

France leaders are doing we what American leaders can't do. Take notes Congressmans! For those saying was unconstitutional to impeach the former president. Look what happens to French Former President . Jail time!!! French leaders are not kissing ass. Good exemple 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

Anyone surprised though? They're all corrupt in some shape of form.

I think we’ve all had his suspended sentence at home recently !

Is this how we'll treat Trump? One year house arrest at mar-a-lago

I thought being corrupt was part of a French Presidents job? Plus ca change, plus ca la meme chose

They are all corrupt, he got found out, that's the difference

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What about Lagarde ? She is the most corrupt in EU.

Shocker! A person in power that is corrupt? Also, no that's not a dig at Donald because they are all as bad as each other. Back handers and brown envelopes to beat the band.

We’ve all spent one year of a suspended sentence at home over the past twelve months!

What kind of punishment is that?

Caricature

Trump's turn

Zigmanfreud If they convict Biden they can have Harris serve out his term

he can stay home watch himself:

Sarkozy a much better president: Fuck the West. We deserve to be defiled.

If only it was BorisJohnson

And of course the privileged white man gets to serve his time at home.

jacqui703 He’s a rich man, he’ll have everything he needs. At home with his family. Not much of a punishment, is it?

I.e. He’ll be under hard lockdown by himself.

Now it's time for metpoliceuk to start locking up British politicians, but that won't happen in a police state, will it

Jesus, the amount of guilty this dude must’ve been-had to be insulting

When will the Dassault scam be exposed?

Read it and weep, America. This is how a former president should be arrested for corruption.

We can learn as a nation from this. We too, should convict and jail a former president.

One year home arrest. Fraud/corruption still has a positive ROI

Guess who’s next!!?

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Shameful; double standards.

😳😳😳😳

Is justice back in style this year?

Much of law-abiding Western Europe is under some form of house arrest in any case.! Why is a crook allowed to be above the law.?

Don't drop the butter in the shower

Seriously, are there any politicians, any CEOs, any city/state leaders in the world who are not involved in corruption All on the take because it's easy and most never get caught. We need honest intelligent leaders not crooks!

MarthaStewart and LilKim sentences were WAY HARSHER for doing MUCH LESS. In the meantime, Sarkozy and Trump out here living their BEST LIFE. SAMO 🧐😠👎🏼

What's so wrong abt holding public officials accountable for wrong doing? South Korea had no problem holding their leader, Park Geun-hye accountable, either. Justice takes too long in America for those in pwr, especially if there is video evidence to prove their guilt.

Who's next?

Prison at home is not prison ...

Not the former president we were hoping to hear about heading to prison, but we'll take it for now

House arrest.

Hope we can do the same for Trump!

In literature we call this poetic justice. In politics I believe it would more than a Karma! Regardless of any viewpoints or positions, that could explain lots of Libya’s course of events. “A War To Hide A Bribe “

No chain gang? No whips or solitary? What?

Great news that he has been convicted but why the easy sentence? We’re all spending a year at home at the moment: his circumstances will be so much better than ours.

So, not really a prison sentence then.

Sentenced to house arrest for a year,,,,WTF is that we've all been sentenced to the same Damm thing

À la lanterne!

Hopefully Trump will get the same!!!

Good! Trump’s next.

That's a long way from what used to be a guaranteed trip to the guillotine.

Rich French politicians should learn from india here rich won't get punished.

Why home? Put him behind bars.

How about the new world trend is that corrupt politicians are dismissed and brought to justice? How much good would that do to humanity? Then you will keep only the ones who care and will certainly build a better world for us all.

And I feel sure that his crimes were far less serious and extensive than a certain former American President

I could only wish for FormerGuy to finally have to pay the piper!

Now do trump!

fake news... hes not going to prison at all. prison is just for the peasants. he got sentenced to a holiday camp

It’s not a prison sentence if it’s not in prison.

In AMERICA 45 plays the victim

Huh that's not a punishment. That's just Lockdown ffs

If sin has done then he should accept and take atonement. None can escape from God's eye. It is better that before reaching Him we should pay all our sins and misconduct . If it done then we can get power to save further sins.

Alternate title: Former French President gets to enjoy the comforts of home for a year after being convicted of corruption.

Trump is next! He has to be!!!

if the French can do it... why can't we? GOPFascists

Hello, America. If you're watching this, no one is above the law. Trump needs to be dealt with. Get it together SDNY.

Three years, none of which he’ll serve. Just more of one rule for the rich and powerful, another for the rest of us.

At “home” in a beautiful villa? Hmm 🤔

Now the US needs to do the same and convict a certain former President on corruption charges.

Humare waale ko bhi dalo ander narendramodi

Now we must do the same with trump

Huh... accountabilty what a thing?

Anyone else waiting 🤞for the shoe to drop for the former guy? LockHimUp

He must have not followed the orders of the global satanist cult and pissed some dark lord off ..come on CNN you know that..

I'll bet he didn't do half the shit Donnie did..

One year sitting in his home. Meh. A crook is a crook he needs to serve his sentence in prison.

Hope it happens to Trump also. Trump

Trump next?

Lol cant wait till I'm Rich. Lol sentenced to 3 years in jail but wont serve anytime in jail. What a knee slapper this is 🤣🤣 why even bother wasting tax money on this charade when u could help the poor and help migrants go back to their country. All leaders are imbeciles

So he’s not going jail then 🤦🏾‍♂️

May Zuma also get arrested NPA_Prosecutes

Not really Justice if he gets to stay at home.

Just waiting on Trump

his prison sentence is to live in a luxury mansion?

Let us hope it's a preview of America....

Former US president is going to try again 2024 after 500,000 american die because of his misinformation. Sarkozy too low.

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So five years later I’m thinking it is Democrats it’s the Democrats Trump is gone and they don’t have anyone to criticize anymore to hide to cover up Trump is gone what are they going to do

You got me thinking all these attacks on Trump for over four years attack criticize attack attack attack what were the Democrats hiding for over four years they seem to say it’s not us it’s Trump it’s not us it’s Trump

Do you think Joey Bye then will end up in jail birthday ever fully truly honestly investigate Hunter Biden’s laptop make it public if there’s nothing to hide

That’s what the US needs to do to their former President!

Wow, that'll teach him.

Wow‼️

What a French Pig ...

wish we could get this for every single president/presidential candidate/any politician ever 🦎

Now it's our turn to jail the impeached one term ex-prez

So how is this good? Serve one year at home of a suspended sentence. How dose this stop the next influence peddler? Jean Valjean got more for stealing a loaf of bread.

Yah the rich man gets to pay his punishment off in his mansion.

Wooooow!🤯 Well heck, this is what holding your leaders accountable looks like. We could learn a thing or two from the French.

cc Conservatives & that was for corruption U can add manslaughter

They ought to throw him in the slammer with the general population.

Hope is alive that one day our corrupt insurrection-in-chief will be sent to the Big House.🙏

Trumpet is going to prisión forever.

Guess they are smarter people than the republicans that’s kissed trump

The orange buffoon is the next Ex but, he will be physically in.

Trump next

Okay for some... but Aftican leaders are subjected to filth... we are watching...

Trump is next mofkrs

I can see Trump on the golf course with his ankle monitor.

Sentenced to jail.... yes Going to jail.... who the fuck are you kidding..

It's good the French justice system has this level or power and courage to deal with a former leader. Does the US have the same to deal with a corrupt, lying former President Trump? I doubt it!

La justice pour les politiciens....

Donald Trump is on deck.

'Um, haw du I saie, EU har no good!' Only french I know! 🤣🤣👍

So basically covid lockdown for another year - but this time with an ankle bracelet? Tough...

French people like me 🇨🇵😁 love to know that...we waited for years with the hope to put him in jail one day...that's almost done...😁 You 🇺🇸 should do the same with Trump...😁😁😁

Now can Britain do the same to corrupt politicians

So there's hope for the good old US of A?

Wow. Not much punishment.

Frankly not much of a punishment. French government looking after their own.

you love to see it

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Hey that's not jail. That's what we are all presently doing in lockdown .

One year... thats it, one year is the deterrent for corruption... SMH. That'll really show 'em.

This is Trump’s future. TrumpCrimeFamilyForPrison

Go to jail frenchy

In Britain he would be sitting in the House of Lords.

judithnwana He led the campaign to kill Gadaffi. This campaign ultimately destroyed Lybia and the Sahel. I pray and wish all those responsible face the law. Though this case isn't related to the Gadaffi case, I hope it comes up soon.

The wealthy and powerful never really face any real consequences.

Next stop Westminster 🤞

We could use some of that here in the US.

Now if only Trump get the same treatment Sarkozy does.

I don’t understand. Why would you give 3 years and take out 2 years in order to have him in under house arrest. Why are laws different for different people?

Why would he not do jail time? He is better then all the working class peasants?

We are all Nicolas Sarkozy... covidsarcasm

Maybe next year we will be saying the same thing about Trump

Sarkozy makes history. Trump & Netanyahu next... Except those two will actually make it into jail cells...

Sarkozy sentenced to 3 years, it's just the beginning of a trend of sending exPresidents to gaol. l wonder how long Trump will serve 🙏 His last years, please God

show me an innocent honest politician, i'll wait.

Not only Sarkozy. Current french President Emanuel Macron is also under corruption investigation. Maximum sentence for corruption charges: a house arrest in COVID environment. What a joke!

Up next Trump....He will do actusl jail time.

Let’s hope somebody in North America experiences the same thing…

A helpful precedent, don't ya think, POTUS45 POTUS.

Next trump

An American President will never undergo similar accountability. Presidents will protect the brotherhood.

Trump is next.

Those prosecutors need to come to Ireland and sentence every politician here that ever lived.

When are we doing this to Trump!?

Please don't let Trump serve his prison term at home. He's a flight risk and needs maximum security.

Trump next

Historic prison sentence... which he can serve one year of... at home...

USA. Trump. Next.

20 years for trumpty dumpy just for tax fraud...don't forget negligence in killing 500k Americans AND then crimes against humanity for taking children from their parents. Then, a death sentence for insurrection against the United States! Justice is coming!

So the same as the rest of us ?

?

Biden’s turn.

Appeal ongoing. No proof at this stage. This is threatening to be very embarrassing for the judges..

I hope the Republican party reads this and realizes they cannot continue to hide how corrupt Trump was. The world is still laughing, in that it is only Republicans that still deny this truth🙄

In America, Republicans reward corruption, insurrection, racism, conspiracy genocide. They build golden idols & kiss the boot of the delusional, murderous autocrat.They stomp out the democracy & submit to the will of a man who is living on a planet that hasn't been discovered yet

is TRUMP NEXT?

Good - now do trump

Another lip service example of 'justice.' At least, France has lip service justice. The U.S. doesn't even have that. (Nor universal healthcare, nor free college, nor sick leave guarantee, nor public daycare, nor...oh, the list goes on and on.)

Another republican going to house jail because prison is just not posh enough for co-prince of Andorra. Btw, Andorra is to Europe as the Caymans are to Americas....place to hide $ from tax man or woman.

At home? So basically he gets to chill at home What a joke.

Wow, even French Republicans are crooked.

Gaddafi paid Sarkozy millions for secret classified information in France. They were partners in crime for years . My new book Controversy: Sex, Lies, Dirty Money details how the two conspired illegally Now available on Amazon.

If France can do it, then why not us? Jail Donald Trump.

Presidents can go to jail

Hopefully the same thing happens to Trump

This is also needed to happen in the US. So that no one can ever divide America again.

This is what we should be doing to our corrupt politicians. We don't even really give them a slap on the wrist usually, even when they do far worse.

Why suspended Rich Privileges

Very Trumpy.

We have a former guy here in the US that needs to be in prison... for life.

I don’t even know where to file this 🤔

Historic news to hear because all over the world it needs to make a politician more accountable for their works. This is a very good sign that after this politicians will be more aware when they do something.

So he hasn't really been handed any kind of sentence..

Wow when can we have Trump incarcerated ?

Now do Trump.

One year at home, that is some punishment? In his luxury mansion?

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Every other country holds their leaders/further leaders accountable except the US.

Now do Trump . . .

1 year at home!? Well spank my bottom & spin me around! How on Earth will he manage? Lots of us got 1 year at home with Covid restrictions & lots of us live in reeeeealllly shitty homes.

crazyyy

Game changer! This is precedent for Western Democracy. CorruptionCrackdown for democratic elected politicians is long overdue. Is Netanyahu next?! And, then our very own POS45?

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Imagine if America ever held its leaders accountable!

NOW DO TRUMP!!!!

notamused666 Real punishment during lockdown 🤔

Welp, someone down Mar-a-Lago way shit a brick into his Cookie Crisp this morning.

Our last president committed many more devious crimes and he walks around us . What the hell is wrong with this country. Oh yah Republicans

So he's gonna spend a year at home, kind of like an extended lockdown. Big deal. One rule for them, another for us. Double corruption!

France once again doing what the US can't seem to do for themselves.

MeLohiiiii

Since Louis XVI, the French have always hated their leaders. It's mostly tradition with them.

The French must not have a Senate , or a Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley

Mysstyblue No jail time home confinement.

8+ yrs to figure this out! Rich privilege: Court sentences former French Pres Nicolas Sarkozy to 3yrs in prison for corruption+influence peddling, suspends 2yrs, and lets him spend 1yr at home with ankle bracelet - but, sends his co-defendants to jail! NoEqualJustice Shame

How is that prison? He’s basically been sent to his room but still gets his phone, tv and Internet.

Biden is next. The Corruption is endless in his family

No jail time......pathetic!

Remember Donald, no matter the country no president is safe from prison

So he gets sentenced to “one 2020”. Big deal. We were all under house arrest last year.

Other countries are putting us to shame Yet we have written laws by our founding fathers and can’t take care of justice in our own back yard...smh...

Bibi is next

now do humpty trumpty

Some governments punish their corrupt leaders. Others make corruption legal, but only if they care about appearances. Some governments know they don't have to care.

1 year at home enjoying food wine and friends. Nice.

I hope Israeli and DOJ is paying attention.

Next is Dump

Well, at least the justice system works in France. Now if only the United States can it's shit together.🤔

Never ever forgive this man nor forget his crimes. He was the conduit to the destruction of Libya for the sake of American oil companies and French water companies who had their eyes on Libya’s aquifer which Gadaffi built for his ppl. Sarkozy

I see this as an incentive for corruption. A whole entire year of living in your palace that you probably paid for with the money that was fleeced. I would say he came out ahead. Lol

UK has some MPs heading the same way soon hopefully

Maybe we should learn from the French, nobody should ever be above or beyond the law, otherwise the law fails; it's time to bring Trump into court for conspiring and continuing to conspire Sedition!

I saw this on the news.

So ex presidents can be tried and convicted to prison. Although he shouldn’t get away with house arrest. Neither should Trumpf.

It's not a prison sentence if he doesn't actually go to prison

If France can do it so can we.

Netanyahu is next in line to go to jail. Arab leaders don’t go to jail because they are dictators. But soon they will be go to jail and so called President Sisi will be on top of the list then followed by Trump God’s punishment is different!

cool now do trump

The gauntlet has been thrown down by France. Now it's time for the good ol' USA to make this a puny historic prison sentence for corruption. TrumpForPrison2021

In the US we can't even get to 'one year of a suspended term at home' for our most corrupt president in history who makes Sarkozy look like a boy scout. Because his entire party supports that corruption.

Not that historic but finally a politician goes to jail on corruption. He can probably thank Trump for that!

Man free gang 😤😤

Can’t wait for the headlines to read”Former U.S. President Jailed”!!

Finally!!!

waiting to see if a former democracy is going to sentence their president as well.

Hopefully Trump is next

Why can't former presidents be charged and convicted here in the USA? IndictBushNow for war crimes and IndictTrump for rape.

Cool do Trump next, and Obama, and Bush, and Clinton, and...

meanwhile shoplifters do more time..

Former Presidents CAN be indicted😍

I don't suppose they commented about this at CPAC2021

Can it be our turn next —Americans

NYC Attorney General, take notes

If only they’d the same to Boris and his cronies

Imagine living in a country where they hold elected officials accountable for corrupt, immoral and criminal action.

Why not trump!?

Trump’s next!

very kozy

If you burgle... probably get worse no ?

surprised took this long. the left's been chomping at the bit to get him condemned for some trifle like this for close to a decade. plus they did use the courts to ruin his ex-Prime Minister's chances in the last Pres election.

Why was it an acceptable corruption

So a former president can receive a jail sentence? Asking for a country

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Americans WANT JUSTICE. When are there going to be consequences for insurrection

Trudeau

Rightwing crook. There's a surprise. They are more likely to have criminal tendencies.

Average citizen would have been buried under the jail. Good example of The who and the who not.

It seems like someone has it in for him, as he has another trial in 2 weeks time. The sad thing is some Presidents / Princes, have done worse and are still enjoying their freedom. 💫 NicolasSarkozy

So basically he is in lockdown.

Donald be like...

Trump next and then Johnson.

His gigantic ego must be so shook lol. he'll get additional time for accepting bribes from libya and then instigating the destruction of that country.

Yea so he can have a chance to escape good job guys

American democracy is not as robust. Trump will escape prison despite all the corruption, frauds, tax evasion, abuse of power, treason. Wasn't he acquitted recently? Politics prevails over justice.

Let's hope we follow suit

Now the US needs to sentence Former 45 to prison for corruption .

corrupt politicians.. you wouldn't say.

I wish the American Justice had some guts and do the same to trump, the criminal.

America:

As predicted 3 years that’s rich man justice for you

Let's hope America can hold Trump accountable as well.....😏🧐

Jail....in your house.

If the French can do it we can to TrumpCrimeFamilyForPrison

Let France Lead the way for the US!!!

In the past it would have been a Guillotine

An historic moment: the first president to be sentenced to jail in the history of France. Except he won't actually spend any time in jail, which kind of derails the hype.

The French really do everything differently, don't they? Their current President is a childfree man who married his teacher.

Maybe the British can let the French use a house on St. Helena to imprison him. If we wanted to offer cruel and unusual punishment, we could offer St.Helens instead

Zigmanfreud SARKO avec un bracelet électronique .... classe!

Trump should ba next!!!

He's gonna appeal until the cows come home, get milked then turned into hamburgers... The appeals system in France is laughably slow.

He should be charged for bombing Libya to hide his domestic crime.

What's going on with conservatism? I hope the trend in France doesn't spread to infect our conservative friends here in the Western hemisphere...May be, folks begin to switch ideological belief system to stay free..

We have so much to learn from the French.

What a joke.

Now do US

iamjohnoliver ZaltzCricket hellobuglers you were right. He’s the blurst

égalité quoi 3

3 years in the Big House

Donald Trump is Next! Unless there is no justice in America if you are considered rich and famous.

much to learn america. we have a more blatant, corrupt ex.

realDonaldTrump 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩!!

Hopefully trump next

simonmaginn Presidential amenity?

Gaddafi paid Sarkozy millions for secret classified information in France. They were partners in crime for years . My new book Controversy: Sex, Lies, Dirty Money details how the two conspired illegally Now available on Amazon.

Too bad put former president can be a criminal and it doesn’t matter

I wanna know what Carla Bruni is up to.

Surely Sarkosi's all the 'qualities. To be ither 'President' of 'The Ununited States' & 'Land of Dope & ToryBrexitfluent'?

simonmaginn That's what a revolution can do. Johnson and Hancock will be off to the House of Lords instead of the Scrubs.

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France has no problems holding their leaders accountable. Admirable indeed.

Due to covid, everyone is under house arrest right now. What kind of punishment is this?

Make this as an example to Trump and his minions. Put them all in jail

CNN: In 2011, former president Jacques Chirac was found guilty of misuse of public funds and given a two-year suspended prison sentence for the employment of fictitious officials when he was mayor of Paris in the early 1990s.

if they can hold the powerful to the rule of law, we can to!

See the French can do it America

{ Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy escapes long prison sentence. }

In a world in which all corrupt politicians are dismissed and brought to justice, we would save humankind so much pain and suffering. The tragedies of the world start with corrupt politicians and although they are not the only responsible for the mess, they amplify the tragedies.

Trump’s next?

Canadians can only hope that one day the same thing happens to Trudeau. Maybe he and Nick can share a cell.

The REST of the World holding corrupt leader accountable. Meanwhile, America is no longer a Leader in the World.

There is always a caveat: The court said Sarkozy will be entitled to request to be detained at home with an electronic bracelet.'

Historic sentence for sure. I long for the good old days when monarchs were caged in dungeons or went to the contraption.

Aren’t we all doing a year at home anyway?

Former president with a trophy wife that used to pose nude...

The French are doing something right.

Sentence no different than what we've been going thru since last year, haha! (But it does have to be humiliating for him). Man's govt's are corrupt.

I hope trump will join him soon

Why doesn't this happen in the United States? We have a government full of crooks. We think 'voting them out' is punishment when all that happens is they end up becoming lobbyists or take a consulting job at a company they aided while in office and they end up making more money.

And here we have the holy cow !

House arrest is not the same thing as jail or prison so give me a break

There is precedent now for Trump.

I have a hot tip for who’s next in line: RishiSunak BorisJohnson & MattHancock Big time!

Now, let's do Trump.

It's pretty well established that politics is basically a well-organized cloud of corruption that is based on influence leverage from many angles.

When it's Biden's turn, he can always plead insanity.

He won’t be the last former President...

I thought I was having a dream that a powerful politician who committed crimes was found guilty and sentenced to serve some sort of time. Then I woke up & found it wasn't a dream. Although not the man of my dreams, it's a start. Is Trump getting nervous?😄

Ok, the US needs to do trump next🤷🏽‍♀️

Is Trump paying attention to this?

America ... hello .. it can be done !

Just shame it couldn't happen to matt hanCOCK and the tory government 😕

take note Trumps...

What is it with the ceremonial sentence? You convict and then he faces no punishment?

Can't wait to see this headline for Trump, except with actual jail time.

Dun, dun, dun.... DJT

An 'Ex-American President' is NEXT!

His brother is worse!

So 13 month lockdown at home? That'll show him

Maybe, once Trump gets sentenced, the two of them can start a Zoom Circle Jerk.

Now do DJT aka former prez dipshit.

Trump is next

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Pretty much what we’re all doing now really

Why? Send his A$$ to jail not in the comforts of his home. This crap never end...never. They will do the same for trump. White Privilege is ALIVE.

Most Americans are looking at this news and thinking to themselves ......hmmmm!!!

Now do TRUMP

So a past president can serve time even though they are no longer a current president. Interesting!

Shades of things to come for the Trump clan.

Up next.. TrumpCrimeFamilyForPrison TrumpCult

We are standing for Trump...

Perfect example of why these guys take the chance.....they're never, ever actually punished. WHY We'll see the same with Trump who's a gazillion times worse.

😬😬

French have WAY BETTER JUSTICE SYSTEM than one we have in the US. THIS SHOULD BE HAPPENING to Trump here in the US. DOJ SHOULD BE INVESTIGATING Trump for CRIMINAL INDICTMENT AND SENT Trump to JAIL like French President Sarkozy.

Now do Trump

'The 66-year-old is the first president to have been sentenced to jail in France's modern history. '

👀

If that was anybody else, they'd be locked up

🤣🤣🤣 what a joke of a sentence.

Cool. Now do that other guy.

Now let's do this for all of the Corrupt American Politicians 👏🏾

Pay attention to this story JustinTrudeau .

One down.

So as punishment, he gets to lounge around in a French mansion for a year, having people wait on him hand and foot. Can we please stop pretending he's actually suffering consequences?

Why aren’t they doing this to the American scumbag liars ?

I hear Sarkozy claims it was a 'witch hunt'!! Sound familiar?

Never liked him anyways... 🤣🤣🤣.

Not a single day in jail. What is the point? He should be made bankrupt. Cease all assets.

Guess who was best buddies with him.

Let’s hope Trump is seeing these headlines.

Corruption does pay.

If the French can get Sarkozy, surely the Yanks can get Trump.

Is it my turn yet?

Gosh people are greedy af smh

Sorry Trump is not mix so many ignorant ass people

He should have come to America, here we let corrupted Presidents go retire in Florida after having a hand in the loss of half a million people.

Too bad he wasn’t a Republican. He could’ve got off.

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TRUMP!!!

Do Trump next.

Please stop the Trump talking points. He is NOT the president.

He bet Trump to it.

Now if only we could imprison American leaders for their corruption such as Congress, past Presidents, Governors, the lot of rats that have been lying through their teeth about what's really going on with this pandemic, the vaccines, and the stimulus checks. America is corrupt.

Next up: Donald John Trump

Now do Trump next!

Can the former guy get the same please?

In some countries the president is still not above the law ... certainly not an ex-president. *wink wink*

Was going to say, actual imprisonment is really outdated. If someone is irrational and a physical threat to society, a rehabilitation facility is probably a better solution than confinement & for everything else... just prevent access to whatever outlet they were being immoral in

imagine putting Trump, Obama, Bush, etc on trial for their war crimes.

no politician or president of any country is above the law. pay attention lawenforcement.

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Now do Donald Trump!

Nigeria will let go

Damn. So jealous. Apparently we cannot prosecute former Presidents here in America no matter how many riots they incite or police officer deaths they cause.

If the French can do it, so can we. ConvictTrump

BREAKING: A U.S. court has convicted U.S. former President Trump of tax fraud and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. ...mmmm...cannot wait until this really happens.....

So historic...

That will be Trump next 😊😊😊

Oww, bet that hurts..

Lol..a slap in the wrist..

This true justice when can apply from India? we want true justice in India

Wow. They hold their former leaders accountable for illegal activity? What an idea! America, take down some notes.

Good. Hopefully Trump next.

I wonder what JoeBiden will get for his sentence.

at home?

Oh wow! They have the same criminal justice system in France as we do here in the US.

French “people” shouldn’t be on my news here in the US just saying.

It's basically just a pandemic lockdown for him.

Lol aren’t they on house arrest in England?

one year at home? that’s what literally everyone in the world has been doing....

Trump next 😴

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