Chirac faces second corruption trial

Former French President Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial in a second corruption case regarding his 1977-to-1995 tenure as Paris mayor, officials said today.

Chirac is already set to be tried in March in one City Hall jobs scandal.

The judicial officials said today a judge in the Paris suburb of Nanterre has ordered him to be tried over an “illegal conflict of interest” in a similar case.

In the new case, Chirac has faced questions about seven jobs at his former Conservative Party that were improperly paid for by City Hall or by construction companies.

The two cases against Chirac could be tried at the same time.

Chirac has denied any wrongdoing.