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Former French President Sarkozy faces trial over alleged campaign funding from Gaddafi
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06/01/2025
Sarkozy, who was France’s president from 2007 to 2012, retired from public life in 2017.
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's trial started on Monday over alleged illegal
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financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Muabarin
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Gaddafi.
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He faces charges of passive corruption, illegal campaign financing, concealment of embezzlement
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of public funds and criminal association, punished by up to 10 years in prison.
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The so-called Libyan case emerged in March 2011, when a Libyan news agency reported that
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the Gaddafi government had financed Sarkozy's 2007 campaign.
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The next year, a French online news site published a document said to be a note from the Libyan
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secret services, mentioning Gaddafi's agreement to provide Sarkozy's campaign 15 million euros
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in financing.
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Sarkozy strongly rejected the accusations, calling the document a blatant fake and filing
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complaints for forgery, concealment and spreading false news.
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Sarkozy has been convicted in two other scandals, but the Libyan case appears as the one most
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likely to significantly affect his legacy.
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