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Mr. Big Gets Indicted

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The criminal justice system, which we are elsewhere assured is devoted to keeping the downtrodden in their place, must have flubbed it this afternoon when, on the say-so of a hotel maid, it indicted the (now former) head of the IMF.  Some excerpts of the CBS story:

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, his political career in shambles and his leadership of the IMF a memory, was formally indicted Thursday and made a new bid to get released from jail while he awaits trial on charges that he sexually abused a hotel maid....

His lawyers have promised that, if released, he won't flee to France. They have asked that Strauss-Kahn be placed under house arrest in New York, and wear an electronic device to monitor his movements.

Strauss-Kahn is charged with attacking a 32-year-old housecleaner Saturday afternoon at his Manhattan hotel suite. The West African immigrant told police that he chased her down a hallway, forced her to perform oral sex and tried to remove her stockings.

I of course have no idea what actually happened, but, as noted last night, a pretty good idea, courtesy of defense "experts," of what could get thrown up against the wall.

[Update:  Ashby Jones at WSJ Law Blog reports "DSK Granted Bail, Will Hike Outta Rikers" -- KS]

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