Former French President Sarkozy begins 5-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy

Former French President Sarkozy begins 5-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has arrived in prison in Paris to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with Libyan funds. He is the first former leader of modern France to be imprisoned. On his way to prison, Sarkozy said that “an innocent man is locked … Read more