Sarkozy, Muammar Gaddafi and president of France
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday for allegedly taking campaign funds from ex-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2007.
The Sarkozy-Gaddafi saga began in almost theatrical circumstances.
The former French President was found guilty of criminal association over a scheme to finance his election campaign between 2005 and 2007.
The former French President was found guilty of criminal association over a scheme to finance his election campaign between 2005 and 2007.
Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy by a French court. France’s former president was accused of taking millions of euros from late Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi to help finance his 2007 election campaign.