4 d. ago Investigation into Nicolas Sarkozy not due to ‘hatred’, his prosecutor says

Jean-François Bohnert rejects claim by ex-French president, who has been sentenced to five years in jail for election funding conspiracyThe French prosecutor whose office led the case against the former president Nicolas Sarkozy over campaign funding from Libya has denied the investigation was motivated by hatred.In a rare public comment, Jean-François Bohnert, France’s top prosecutor for financial crimes, told RTL radio on Monday: “We have no hatred to express Our compass is the law, it is the rule of law.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Nicolas Sarkozy’s lawyers will try to ensure time in prison is ‘as short as possible’

Former French president sentenced to five years for criminal conspiracy over election campaign funds scheme with Gaddafi regimeLawyers for the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy have said they will try to ensure he serves as little time in prison as possible, after he was sentenced to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to get election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.“We’re going to make sure that his incarceration will be as short as possible,” Sarkozy’s lawyer, Jean-Michel Darrois, told the BFMTV news channel on Friday after he became the first French president to go to jail. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Macron comes under pressure to PARDON his shamed predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy after French ex president was sentenced to five years in jail for criminal conspiracy

A Paris court sentenced Sarkozy, to five years in jail and a €100,000 fine over allegations he sought millions from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to fund his 2007 election campaign.

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8 d. ago Sarkozy will ‘sleep in jail but with head held high’ after Libya conviction

Former French president receives five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over pact with Gaddafi regimeThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he would “sleep in jail but with my head held high” after receiving a five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy – the first time a former head of state has been sent to prison in modern French history.The verdict and sentencing followed a trial in which he and his aides were accused of making a corruption pact with the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to receive funding for the 2007 French presidential election campaign. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Sarkozy says he will ‘sleep in jail but with head held high’ after conviction

Former French president receives five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over pact with Gaddafi regimeThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he would “sleep in jail but with my head held high” after receiving a five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy – the first time a former head of state has been sent to prison in modern French history.The verdict and sentencing followed a trial in which he and his aides were accused of making a corruption pact with the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to receive funding for the 2007 French presidential election campaign. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Fuming Carla Bruni rips off reporter's microphone after Nicolas Sarkozy rants at journalists following five

Supermodel Carla Bruni could spend up to 20 years behind bars after she was dragged into a fraud scandal involving her husband, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

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8 d. ago Will Carla Bruni follow her husband into prison? France's ex First Lady faces an even LONGER term than Nicolas Sarkozy if convicted after getting dragged into his corruption scandal

Supermodel Carla Bruni could spend up to 20 years behind bars after she was dragged into a fraud scandal involving her husband, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

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8 d. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy jailed for criminal conspiracy

Sarkozy is expected to appeal his sentence, but will still be required to go to prison.

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8 d. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in jail for criminal conspiracy in Libya case

Sarkozy was accused of receiving millions of euros in illegal financing from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi for his successful 2007 presidential bid

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8 d. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy and has now been sentenced by the Paris Judicial Court

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8 d. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison in Libya campaign

Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy for receiving millions of euros from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi Here is a bit more on that from Reuters:Sarkozy, who has always denied the charges, was accused of making a deal with Gaddafi in 2005, when he was France’s interior minister, to obtain campaign financing in exchange for supporting the then-isolated Libyan government on the international stage. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago France's ex President Nicolas Sarkozy is found GUILTY of criminal conspiracy as shocked wife Carla Bruni looks on in court

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of some, but not all, charges in a trial over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign

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8 d. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libyan campaign financing trial

Sarkozy was accused of receiving millions of euros in illegal financing from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi for his successful 2007 presidential bid

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8 d. ago Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libya trial

Former French president cleared of other charges in relation to alleged pact with Gaddafi regime The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a trial in which he and aides were accused of making an alleged corruption pact with the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to receive funding for the 2007 French presidential election campaign.But Sarkozy was was acquitted of three other charges, including passive corruption and illegal campaign financing. Continue reading...

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