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Going around. there was a confrontation here, christopher, that was reported in the french press that strauss-kahn at one point accused president sarkozy, to his face, of planting rumors to discredit him politically. now, of course, you have those questions flying about whether this encounter was a plant. is there any shred of evidence you've seen in the french media to support that? >> there is no evidence that this was a conspiracy. there is a lot of speculation that it might have been because people think president sarkozy is so ruthless, he will stop at nothing to take out his primary chal...

Known, very credible figure. so i think that it may not be as disastrous as all that. but it should be said that strauss-kahn has been a very powerful and influential leader of the imf. and one that has been taken very seriously and basically has gotten very good reviews from the people who deal with the international monetary fund. that's people all over the world. so it certainly is a loss, but it is not necessarily a disaster for the imf and those critical negotiations will go on even if he can't participate in them. >> christopher, thank you for your help in covering this case and the anal...

Sarkozy and there are some conspiracy theorists who say this may be politically motivated, that perhaps he was framed. there is one radio station in france reporting that he was actually at lunch with his daughter when this happened. so he has an alibi. none of this has been confirmed. we expect to hopefully get more details about the prosecutor's case at this arraignment. they're going to fight, no question, for either a very, very high bail or no bail at all, afraid he's a flight risk saying he has the means to leave. >> so thank you for that, jeff. appreciate that. we're just getting some n...