Former French President Sarkozy slams “plot” at court trial
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has slammed the charges leveled against him as a “plot” by “liars and crooks” at the court trial over alleged Libyan election funding.
According to AP on January 9th, Sarkozy was defiant in his opening remarks, saying: “You will never find one Libyan euro, one Libyan cent in my campaign.”
The former French president is facing charges of passive corruption, illegal campaign financing, concealment of embezzlement of public funds and criminal association, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
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