L'affaire le French Presidente et Miz First Lady?

(Excuse my french tilte...its rather ...rusty, I still dont understand how, I'd been taking french classes since 4th grade and I still suck....)
After rumours of extramarital affairs, telephone taps and a plot to destabilise the French state, the latest episode in France’s presidential soap opera features efforts by Carla Bruni, the president’s wife, to rein in “the firm”.

A cluster of Nicolas Sarkozy’s closest advisers called themselves “the firm” years ago in a tribute to the ruthless lawyers of the John Grisham thriller. Like guard dogs, they have protected “Sarko”, always ready to rip his opponents to shreds.
Unleashed last week, however, one of these political pitbulls wreaked so much havoc that the nation was left wondering whether its master had lost his mind.
Just as gossip about marital discord in the Sarkozy household had dissipated, Pierre Charon, who handles sensitive matters for the president, managed to reignite “l’affaire Twitter” with claims of a plot emanating from abroad to discredit the French leader by spreading rumours about his love life over the internet.
The culprits would be rooted out, he promised, by a criminal investigation.

Dominique de Villepin

It was whispered that Dominique de Villepin, the former prime minister and Sarkozy’s chief rival, had played a role in disseminating gossip that the president was having an affair with Chantal Jouanno, his ecology minister, and that Bruni, the singer and former model, was in a relationship with another musician. All have denied any infidelity

Carla Bruni

Bruni, Sarkozy’s third wife, to call off the dogs. “There was no plot, no revenge,” she said on radio, contradicting the vindictive Charon. She said she wanted to stop the affair being blown out of all proportion: “For my husband and myself, these rumours are of no significance.” Bruni denied they had fallen out with Dati or that there had been an investigation.
Charon announced that the domestic intelligence service was investigating the rumours, which first surfaced on Twitter, the internet social networking site, in February.

Rachida Dati...

One of the culprits, he had earlier alleged, was Rachida Dati, a former justice minister and a fallen presidential favourite. Sarkozy abruptly cancelled her car and bodyguards and told aides that he did not want to see the Euro MP and Paris district mayor ever again.
 Ahaa..donchu just love french politics!!? like those French soap on T.V., Sacra Bleu!!( mind you, i still dont know what that means)