Former French President Sarkozy faces trial over alleged campaign funding from Gaddafi
Sarkozy, who was France’s president from 2007 to 2012, retired from public life in 2017.
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Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. In 2021, he was found guilty of having tried to bribe a judge in 2014 to obtain information and spending beyond legal campaign funding limits during his 2012 re-election campaign.
Sarkozy, who was France’s president from 2007 to 2012, retired from public life in 2017.
The French former president, who will have to wear an electronic tag at home for a year, plans to appeal the ruling at the European..