Former French president Sarkozy goes on trial over alleged €50 million Gaddafi pact
Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy went on trial on Monday on charges he accepted some 50 million euros in illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy, who
France's former President Sarkozy stands trial over alleged campaign funding by Libya's Gadhafi
A trial has opened of France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Ga
Nicolas Sarkozy Goes on Trial on Charges of Illegal Campaign Funding From Libya
The former French president has faced several legal cases since leaving office, but accusations that he received money for his 2007 election from Libyan authorities have been particularly damaging.
France's Sarkozy goes on trial over alleged Libyan campaign financing
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial on Monday, on charges of having received millions of euros in illegal financing from Libya's late strongman Muammar Gaddafi for his successful 2007 presidential bid.
Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial over alleged Gaddafi election funding
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial in Paris, accused of taking millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 election campaign.
France's Sarkozy on trial over alleged Kadhafi financing pact
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial on Monday charged with accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi.
French former PM Sarkozy goes on trial accused of receiving millions of euros in illegal funding from Gaddafi
France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy is standing trial over allegations of having received millions of euros in illegal financing from Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi for his successful 2007 presidential bid.
France's Sarkozy Goes On Trial Over Alleged Kadhafi Campaign Funding
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday went on trial in Paris charged with accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, influential far-right leader of France convicted of antisemitism, dies at 96
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President Macron Names Centrist Ally Bayrou as France's Next Prime Minister
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Corruption case against ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy upheld by country’s highest court
is the only other president in modern French history to be convicted by a court. Chirac was found guilty of corruption in 2011, four years after he left office.
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