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Henri de Raincourt, minister for overseas cooperation in President Nicolas Sarkozy's government, said in a broadcast interview. "I refuse to have a personal opinion and say, 'Yes it was a trap,' or 'No, it wasn't a trap.' I don't know," he said.
"I note that this has happened just after the affair of the car and the suit in a short space of time," he added, referring to political sniping at the Socialist presidential hopeful for using a Porsche and wearing a tailor-made suit. "I am not ruling anything out," Raincourt added.