Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case involving millions of euros in illegal funding from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The Paris criminal court acquitted him of all other charges, though he is now guaranteed to serve jail time even if he successfully appeals. He also faces a fine of €100,000…
Sarkozy denied all charges and claimed he was the victim of a politically motivated campaign. The start date of his prison sentence has not yet been confirmed, though it could come within the next few days. Extraordinary…
The judge said Sarkozy had allowed his aides to speak to Libyan authorities “to obtain or try to obtain financial support in Libya for the purpose of securing campaign financing” in the lead-up to the 2007 French presidential election. Sarkozy insisted it was all a “plot” staged by the “Gaddafi clan”…