US EditionNicolas Sarkozy Illegal Campaign Financing Conviction Upheld
- The Court of Cassation in Paris on Wednesday upheld Nicolas Sarkozy's conviction for illegal campaign financing, confirming the February 14, 2024, appeals court decision with no further legal recourse.
- Investigators found that Bygmalion, communications agency, and UMP / Les Républicains used false invoices and double-billing to conceal 2012 re-election campaign costs.
- The judgment specifies a custodial penalty including six months firm, which Sarkozy may serve with an electronic bracelet he wore until May.
- The ruling cements a second definitive conviction for Nicolas Sarkozy, whose lawyers said he took note of the condemnation despite his 20 days behind bars earlier this month.
- He still faces other pending convictions, including the Libyan financing affair, and has an appeal window from March 16 to June 3, 2026.
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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…
In October he had to go to prison. Now Sarkozy has to take the next defeat to court: for his attempted re-election he and his team should have spent about 20 million euros too much.
Only a few weeks ago, French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy left the prison prematurely after only three weeks. Now another conviction – in another case – is legally valid: Sarkozy has to serve a six-month sentence.The supreme court of France has confirmed Sarkozy's conviction for illegal campaign funding – it is now legally valid. France's former head of state, however, does not have to serve the sentence in the cell. It is conceivable, for examp…
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