French ex-President Jacques Chirac guilty of corruption

[Jimbuna]

How can this be?

All politicians are honest and trustworthy....are so we are led to believe

A French court has given former President Jacques Chirac a two-year suspended prison sentence for diverting public funds and abusing public trust.
Mr Chirac, 79, was not in court to hear the verdict because of ill-health but denied wrongdoing.
President from 1995 to 2007, he was put on trial on charges that dated back to his time as mayor of Paris.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16194089