Lets continue the comparisons, instead of attacking the credibility of French courts, who have a fantastic reputation of making politicians of all sides of the political spectrum accountable...

"Nicolas Sarkozy's trial: Prosecutors request 7-year prison sentence for the former president" - https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/03/27/nicolas-...

"Former French Prime Minister François Fillon sentenced to five years" - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/29/europe/france-franois-fil...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:French_politicians_co...

Another one with Cahuzac: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_Cahuzac#:~:text=En%20m...

Don't remember the right whining about how ineligibility is undemocratic with this one (Cahuzac is left leaning)