PARIS—French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was convicted on Thursday and sentenced to a year of house arrest for illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 reelection bid, will appeal the ruling, his lawyer said. The court said Sarkozy would be allowed to serve the one-year sentence at home by wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet. Sarkozy’s…
Prosecutor Seeks Prison Time for French Ex-President Sarkozy, BFM TV Reports
PARIS—French prosecutors have requested a six-month prison term for former president Nicolas Sarkozy at his campaign financing trial, BFM TV reported on Thursday. A spokesman for the prosecutor’s office could not immediately comment on the report. On Tuesday, Sarkozy denied wrongdoing at his trial over the illegal financing of his failed 2012 re-election campaign, saying…
Sarkozy Tells Campaign Finance Trial the ‘Cost of Flags’ Was Not His Affair
PARIS—Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy denied wrongdoing on Tuesday at his trial over the illegal financing of his failed 2012 reelection campaign, saying its expenses were not his responsibility. It had never been expected of his predecessors to scrutinize campaign bills, he told the Paris court. “Can you imagine me going into a meeting to…
COVID-19 Prompts Adjournment of Sarkozy’s Campaign Financing Trial
PARIS—Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went back on trial on Wednesday, this time on charges of illegally financing his failed 2012 re-election bid, but judges adjourned proceedings due to the absence of a defence lawyer sick with COVID-19. Sarkozy, 66, was not present for the opening of the trial, which comes less than three weeks…
France’s Sarkozy Convicted of Corruption, Sentenced to Jail
PARIS—A Paris court on Monday found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence. The 66-year-old politician, who was president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted for having tried to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014…
Former French President Convicted of Corruption, Sentenced to Jail
PARIS—A Paris court on Monday found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence. The 66-year-old politician, who was president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted for having tried to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014…
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