Former French President Begins Prison Term

Former French President Sarkozy Begins 5-Year Prison Sentence

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy turned himself in to prison authorities Tuesday to begin serving a five-year sentence. Last month, Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy for illegally receiving millions of euros from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to fund his 2007 campaign. Sarkozy is the first former French head of state in the modern era to be convicted of a crime.

Former French President Begins Prison Term

Evening digest: Trump-Putin talks are stalled, Sarkozy begins prison term, gold crashes

A tense day in global politics and markets: the Trump-Putin summit is in limbo after Moscow refused a Ukraine ceasefire. France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy has begun a historic prison term, gold saw its sharpest crash in years after hitting record highs, and Novo Nordisk’s board ...

Former French president locked up for financial scheme

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Sarkozy trial shows why the French are disaffected by politics - The Iola Register

The former French president’s attempts to discredit the legal process were irresponsible and unjustified As he was transported to La Santé prison in Paris on Tuesday, Nicolas Sarkozy posted a message brimming with defiance on X, writing “It’s not a former president of the republic who is being jailed this morning, it’s an innocent man.”  A court of appeal will eventually give its view on the veracity of the second clause of that statement. But u…