Scandals bubbling up from now - defunct health authorities, accusations of a personal conflict - of - interest, and allegations that her party accepted up to $ 400,000 in illegal campaign donations from billionaire Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz have dogged her government. (daveberta.ca)
Sarkozy, the former French president, faces a trial over allegations of bribery and accepting illegal campaign donations from Muammar Gaddafi (theguardian.com)
D'Souza, 52, of San Diego, was charged with one count of making illegal campaign donations in the name of others and a second count of making false statements about those donations, authorities said. (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)