Well, she still committed financial fraud. It’s more the judiciary doing its job. Sarkozy was also convicted after his presidency.

He is, but special military operations are not off the table.

Having no shame is actually a perfect tool against blackmail. Take for example the former Indonesian president Sukarno. Sukarno was delighted when the KGB told him they had a tape of him having an orgy with Russian flight attendants and asked if he could have some copies. The CIA also tried and failed to blackmail him with (fabricated) sex tapes.