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 former President spoke his last words this Tuesday in connection with the trial of suspicions of Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign.
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.
Straubinger Tagblatt [Newsroom] Straubing (ots) - The accusation weighs heavily that France's ex-president took money from Muammar al-Gaddafi, to whom he first obtained diplomatic recognition before having his regime bombed a few years later. That behind the ... Continue reading here...Original content of: Straubinger Tagblatt, transmitted by news aktuell
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.
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