US EditionFrench prosecutors seek 7-year sentence for ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy in Libya campaign financing trial
- French prosecutors have requested a seven-year prison sentence for Nicolas Sarkozy in a trial regarding campaign financing from Libya.
- Sarkozy, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, denies any wrongdoing regarding the allegations.
- Seif al-Islam Gadhafi alleged that he personally gave Sarkozy 5 million dollars in cash for his campaign.
- Financial prosecutors claim Sarkozy promised to lift an arrest warrant in exchange for campaign financing.
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The indictment claimed seven years in prison against France's former president because he was allegedly bribed by Libya's dictator Ghadhafi. Sarkozy's lawyers pleaded for acquittal on Tuesday.
The French prosecutor's office demands seven years in prison for former President Sarkozy. He is said to have financed his campaign in 2007 with funds from the then Libyan head of state Ghaddafi.
French prosecutors seek 7 years in jail for Sarkozy in trial
French prosecutors requested on Thursday a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather …
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