From Sarkozy to Le Pen, politics overplay denial (and it's often counterproductive)

In political-financial cases, elected officials tend to deny in the courts as in the media, a strategy that is not so effective.

The reactions of politicians to their trials radicalize their electorates, which have long gone beyond the convictions of elected officials for corruption. Explanations of Françoise Dreyfus, professor emeritus of political science.