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French prosecutor wants negligence probe into IMF boss dismissed

The case against Christine Lagarde is linked to her role in the so-called Tapie Affair while she was France's finance minister in 2008.

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The French public prosecutor's office requested the dismissal of a negligence case against IMF chief Christine Lagarde linked to her role in an arbitration case while she was finance minister, reports Yahoo! News.

If the investigating magistrates at the Law Court of the Republic (CJR) accept the recommendation, the investigation will be dropped, a source close to the case told AFP.

There was no immediate confirmation from the CJR, a special court established to try cases of ministerial misconduct.

And there was no immediate response from Lagarde's lawyer.

On August 27, the CJR formally opened an investigation into Lagarde on grounds of alleged "negligence".

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