Mr Sarkozy himself will not be asked to testify, since he enjoys absolute judicial immunity while in office—meaning that he can be heard neither as suspect, nor as witness, nor as plaintiff.

萨科奇本人将不会被要求作证，因为他在任职期间享有绝对的司法豁免权，这意味着他既不被看作为嫌疑人，也不是证人，也没有作为原告。

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President Bill Clinton left office with immunity from criminal prosecution and a flurry of pardons, including pardons for his half-brother Roger, Patty Hearst and a fugitive oil-trader, Marc Rich.

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But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, remains opposed to retroactive immunity, his office said.

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It's frankly, as an old UN man I can tell you very, very dangerous, this business of offering people immunity for them to leave office.

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