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``As Stephen Lendman points out below, LaGarde's crimes have caught up with her. When she was French finance minister she ruled against the interest of France in order to benefit the tycoon Bernard Tapie. Corrupt prosecutors tried to cover it up, but the French judicial system has ruled that she must stand trial. http://www.wsj.com/articles/imf-chief-lagarde-ordered-to-stand-trial-in-france-1450373023 Despite the judicial order that she stand trial, she has not had to resign as IMF director. The One Percent protects its own. The IMF's executive board "continues to express its confidence in the Managing Director's ability to effectively carry out her duties. No such expression of confidence was given to Strauss-Kahn when he was arrested on obviously false charges.''



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