US EditionFrance’s top court upholds Sarkozy’s conviction for illegal campaign financing in 2012
- On Wednesday, November 26, France's Court of Cassation upheld the illegal financing conviction of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, making the appeals court verdict definitive with no further appeal possible.
- Prosecutors say the campaign concealed costs by having Bygmalion invoice the party, with financial investigators stating nearly 43 million euros were spent, almost double the 22.5 million-euro legal cap.
- Sarkozy, 70, spent 20 days in La Santé prison before his November 10 release under judicial supervision; an appeals court sentenced him to one year with six months enforceable at home via electronic monitoring.
- He was stripped of France's Legion of Honor following his earlier conviction, remains under strict judicial supervision and travel ban, and his lawyers Patrice Spinosi and Emmanuel Piwnica said he had taken note of the decision.
- Beyond this ruling, multiple probes and an appeal trial next year will keep the case alive, with Sarkozy facing a Libya appeal trial scheduled March 16 to June 3 and 2023 preliminary charges involving Ziad Takieddine.
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France's highest court upholds Sarkozy conviction in 2012 campaign financing case
France's highest court on Wednesday upheld former President Nicolas Sarkozy's conviction for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid, his latest legal setback after recently being jailed for nearly a month in another case.
France’s top court upholds Sarkozy’s conviction for illegal campaign financing in 2012
PARIS — France’s top court on Wednesday upheld Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for illegal campaign financing of his 2012 reelection bid, in another blow to the former president’s legacy and reputation. Read more...
The former French president overspent in his 2012 campaign, then tried to cosmetically improve the numbers.
The Court ruled on the appeal submitted by the former French President, condemned in the process involving the illegal financing of the 2012 presidential campaign.
The French Court of Cassation confirmed on Wednesday the conviction against former President Nicolas Sarkozy for benefiting from illegal financing during his 2012 election campaign, a case different from the one that imprisoned him this year. The appeal court imposed a lower sentence than that of the first instance, which in 2021 sentenced him to one year of firm imprisonment, and also opened the door for him to perform it at home with an electr…
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