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Dominique de Villepin Acquitted

By Media Law Prof Blog

Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has been acquitted of defamation charges arising out of the “Clearstream” scandal. He was accused of slandering current French President and former Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy. Read more here in a BBC story, here in a CNN story, and here in a New York Times story.