Sarkozy, muammar gaddafi and French president
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Nicolas Sarkozy has been jailed for five years for conspiring to finance his 2007 presidential campaign using funds from Muammar Gaddafi, the late Libyan dictator.
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 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.
The Sarkozy-Gaddafi saga began in almost theatrical circumstances.