US EditionFrench justice minister visits jailed former president Sarkozy
- France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy received a visit from the justice minister, Gerald Darmanin, in prison despite a prosecutor's warning that it could undermine judicial independence.
- Sarkozy, who led France from 2007 to 2012, was found guilty last month of trying to get election campaign funding from Libya's Moamer Kadhafi and was handed a five-year prison term for criminal conspiracy.
- Sarkozy is the first former head of a European Union state to be jailed and the first French leader to be incarcerated since Philippe Petain, the Nazi collaborationist head of state jailed after World War II.
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French justice minister visits jailed former president Sarkozy
France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has received a prison visit from the justice minister, a source close to the case said on Thursday, despite a prosecutor warning that it could undermine judicial independence.
The Keeper of the Seals spoke Monday night for three quarters of an hour with the former president, who has been incarcerated since 21 October in Paris.
The Keeper of the Seals Gérald Darmanin went to the Health Prison on Friday 29 October, confirms a source close to the case at TF1-LCI. He exchanged with Nicolas Sarkozy on the 9th day of his imprisonment. - Nicolas Sarkozy in prison: the Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin visited him (Police, justice and other facts).
Sentenced to five years in prison for criminal association, Nicolas Sarkozy was placed in pre-trial detention on 21 October. The Minister of Justice visited him this Wednesday evening.
The Minister of Justice had announced (and assumed) his willingness to visit the former President of the Republic.
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