Video: Flashback to Recent Dominique Strauss-Kahn Interview on Charlie Rose

The IMF's Strauss-Kahn

Here is Charlie Rose's most recent interview with the IMF Managing Director, from December 2010. Strauss-Kahn has appeared on Charlie Rose six times in total.

Rose, who has a cozy relationship in general with financial elites, seems quite fond of Strauss-Kahn, especially when the topic of running against Sarkozy in France's presidential election comes up.

One can only wonder how Charlie Rose is reacting to yesterday's shocking allegations against Strauss-Kahn, which now apparently include sodomy in his $3,000-a-night taxpayer financed hotel suite.

It's unclear what implications this may have for the ongoing European Sovereign Debt crisis or political situation in general in Europe. It certainly comes at a sensitive time when the IMF may be called upon to lend support to a 'restructuring' of Greek debt, or help manage Greece's departure from the Eurozone.

Update: Here and here are the first post-scandal Charlie Rose discussions of the arrest.

Update 2: Here is DSK's mugshot.