Sarkozy Held for Questioning

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Sarkozy Held for Questioning Over Influence Peddling
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(YouTube / Sky News, 2014)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viJr1vY6pdc.
Well, there are two investigations that have been running into alleged illegal campaign financing in the
run-up to the 2007 election which, of course, was successful for Mr. Sarkozy. He was president until
2012.
Now the first investigation is into claims that he took money from the Kadhafi family. This is backed up
by ?? son Saif, but denied by Mr. Sarkozy and his team. Then there is a separate investigation into claims
that he received envelopes stuffed full of cash from Liliane Bettencourt, who is the heir to the L’Oréal
fortune.
Now, Mr. Sarkozy himself was cleared of any wrong-doing in that, but there are ten people awaiting trial
on those charges. But what happened doing the course of these investigations is (that) the judges went to
the court to get permission to phone tap Mr. Sarkozy, which they received. And in the course of those
investigations it’s claimed (that) they uncovered evidence that Mr. Sarkozy and potentially his legal team
spoke to a magistrate and offered him a plum job in return for information into how those investigations
were progressing.
Yesterday we saw his lawyer taken into custody and held for questioning and today it is Mr. Sarkozy’s
turn. Now, we’re not sure whether he’s been spoken to as a witness or a suspect, but they have twentyfour hours to question him before they have to go back to the court to appeal for extra time. If he is
charged and eventually convicted in this particular case, he faces up to ten years in jail.
Vocabulary
01. held
02. influence peddling
03. that have been running
04. into alleged
05. in the run up
06. into claims
07. this is backed up
08. stuffed full of cash
09. the heir (pronounced “the air”)
10. was cleared of any wrong-doing
11. awaiting trial
12. charges
13. to phone tap
14. it’s claimed
15. a plum job
16. taken into custody
17. whether he’s been spoken to as a witness
18. go back to court
19. to appeal for extra time
20. convicted
21. he faces up to ten years in jail
retenu
trafic d’influence
qui sont en cours
au sujet de supposé ...
dans la course avant les élections
au sujet des affirmations
ceci is appuyé
bourrée d’argent liquide
l’héritière
a été disculpé de toute malversation
en attente d’un procès
accusations
mettre sous écoute téléphonique
il est affirmé
une sinécure, un “boulot en or”
mis en garde à vue
si il a été interrogé en tant que témoin
retourner au tribunal/devant les juges
pour demander du temps supplémentaire
déclaré coupable
il risque jusqu’à dix ans de prison
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Sarkozy Held for Questioning Over Influence Peddling
(YouTube / Sky News, 2014)
Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words
Well, there are two investigations that have been r
____
into a ____
(qui sont en cours)
r
illegal campaign financing in the
(supposé)
to the 2007 election which, of course, was successful for Mr. Sarkozy. He was president until 2012.
(course)
Now the first investigation is into c ___
that he took money from the Kadhafi family. This is b __
(affirmations)
up
(appuyé)
by ?? son Saif, but denied by Mr. Sarkozy and his team. Then there is a separate investigation into claims
that he received envelopes s
_____
f __
of cash from Liliane Bettencourt, who was the h
(bourrée d’argent liquide)
to the
(héritière)
L’Oréal fortune.
Now, Mr. Sarkozy himself was c ___
of any w
___
in that, but there are ten people
(a été disculpé de toute malversation)
a
t
on those c
(en attente d’un procès)
. But what happened doing the course of these investigations is
(accusations)
(that) the judges went to the court to get permission to phone t
Mr. Sarkozy, which they received. And in the
(mettre sous écoute téléphonique)
course of those investigations it’s c
(that) they uncovered evidence that Mr. Sarkozy and potentially his
(il est affirmé)
legal team spoke to a magistrate and offered him a p
job in return for information into how those
(une sinécure)
investigations were progressing.
Yesterday we saw his lawyer t
into c
and held for questioning and today it is Mr. Sarkozy’s
(mis en garde à vue)
turn. Now, we’re not sure w
or a suspect, but they have twenty-
he’s been spoken to as a w
(si il a été intérrogé en tant que témoin)
four hours to question him before they have to go back to the c
to a
for extra time. If he is
(retourner au tribunal pour demander)
charged and eventually c
in this particular case, he f
(déclaré coupable)
u
to ten years in jail.
(il risque jusqu’à)