French businessman Bernard Tapie adjusts his tie at the Justice court in Paris in this file photo October 19, 2005. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) - French police questioned flamboyant tycoon Bernard Tapie on Monday in a fraud investigation that threatens to damage ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's hopes of a political comeback.
Tapie, a member of France's business and sporting elite, says he has nothing to hide in the affair which has embroiled members of Sarkozy's cabinet, including IMF chief Christine Lagarde, his former finance minister.
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