Posted on 05/09/2015 7:54:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A Cairo court sentenced Egypt’s deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in prison on corruption charges on Saturday—a punishment that authorities may deem as having already been served but one which, if it withstands appeal, would officially establish Mubarak as a convicted criminal years after the 2011 popular uprising that toppled him.
The case—dubbed the “presidential palaces” affair by the Egyptian media—was a retrial charging that Mubarak and sons embezzled millions of dollars’ worth of state funds over the course of a decade, diverting money meant to pay for renovating and maintaining presidential palaces to instead upgrade their private residences.
Mubarak had originally been sentenced to three years over the matter, and his sons to four, but they later appealed, sparking the retrial. As Egypt’s political tides shifted in the wake of his overthrow, he had been convicted of bearing responsibility for the deaths of protesters but was later acquitted, although that ruling now faces an appeal by prosecutors. …
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The Commies at Russia Today say Mubarek has been released for time served.
That sissy guy running the place is GREAT, but if I had to pick a second-best, I’d choose Mubarak.
Cairo court for USSC and progressives to be named later.
All of Egypt must have probably THREE people that are NOT CORRUPT..
but there could be LESS....
Egyptian court: Former President Hosni Mubarak can go free
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/09/middleeast/egypt-hosni-mubarak/index.html
...a retrial charging that Mubarak and sons embezzled millions of dollars' worth of state funds over the course of a decade, diverting money meant to pay for renovating and maintaining presidential palaces to instead upgrade their private residences.Who do they think they are? The Clinton family?
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