Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, go on trial Monday on charges of taking illicit campaign funds in an alleged agreement with the late Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi. Sarkozy has already been found guilty twice in other cases since leaving office. Legal issues have plagued Sarkozy’s career since losing the 2012 presidential race.
However, he continues to hold sway over many conservatives, and he frequently meets with President Emmanuel Macron.
Sarkozy “is eagerly anticipating these four months of hearings.” He will oppose the fabricated structure that the prosecution has conjured up. His attorney, Christophe Ingrain, stated that the effort was not funded by Libya.
Heavyweights like Sarkozy’s former right-hand man, Claude Gueant, his then-head of campaign finance, Eric Woerth, and former minister Brice Hortefeux are among the 12 others on trial for the alleged Libyan financing.
His attorney, Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi, condemned the cases as “assertions, hypotheses, and other approximations,” saying that Claude Gueant will show that, following over a decade of investigation, none of the offenses he is accused of had been established.
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