French Police Search Former PM's Office
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"I have just lived through ... moments that were not agreeable, but I know that the truth will come out"  Investigators searched the office of former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin on Friday, a day after looking through his home as part of a probe trying to determine who was behind a political smear campaign, a police official said.The investigation arose from an attempt a few years ago to use false accusations of secret bank accounts to taint then Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, a political rival of Villepin who this spring was elected France's president.Investigative Judges Jean-Marie d'Huy and Henri Pons and police from an investigation unit took part in the search of Villepin's office, said the police official, who agreed to discuss the case only if not quoted by name. Read more
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