And the French courts have a long memory. When they couldn't get at Chirac they threw the book at his stand-in Alain Juppé – while clearly signaling they would come for Chirac when they only could. And then Chirac kept avoiding them, by political deal-making with Sarkozy to ensure Sarko would keep the officers of the court at bay. Which lasted until Sarkozy got his come-upance, and ended up in court himself. But by that time Chirac was so old senile and decrepit, while the courts did sentence him eventually, there wasn't any longer much point in carrying out any kind of sentence.
This is a GOOD story about corrupt politicians eventually having their past misdeeds catch up with them, and institutions holding up like they are supposed to.
Usually you are all aboard with how all politicians are corrupt and useless – except now you side with them, still on the assumption they are of course rotten and corrupt one can assume — only adding the layer that supposedly the courts are even worse cesspools?
If everything stinks in your nose, it might be your nose that is the problem.