Case Lagarde goes towards acquittal

The prosecutor in the case against Christine Lagarde, president of the International Monetary Fund, aims for acquittal.

Lagarde is suspected French in 2008 as Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs failed to intervene in a compensation scheme for Bernard Tapie. That the state bank Crédit Lyonnais businessman at the time was 400 million euros after a dispute over the sale of its majority stake in the German sports company Adidas.

Monday began the trial of Lagarde in Paris.