THE GERALD FORD PATH TO POWER:

Sarkozy and Chirac deny reports of secret deal (The Associated Press, April 11, 2007)

Leading French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy and the office of President Jacques Chirac both denied a news report on Wednesday alleging that the two men had struck a deal to protect Chirac from prosecution once his judicial immunity runs out next month. [...]

Chirac has been protected by presidential immunity during his 12 years in power. Once he leaves office, long-dormant investigations of scandals in his political past could be revived. The most threatening one is a fake jobs affair at his former political party.

The nice thing about such deals is, so long as both men are sufficiently cynical pols they needn't be explicit.

Posted by Orrin Judd at April 11, 2007 12:37 PM