Nicolas Sarkozy illegal campaign financing conviction upheld

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

France's highest court has upheld a sentence against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the illegal financing of his 2012 re-election campaign.
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Sarkozy, 70, was handed the one-year sentence in 2024 of which six months were suspended, meaning they could be served by wearing an electronic tag instead of going to jail.
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Last December the High Court of Appeal upheld a corruption conviction and Sarkozy had to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet for six months.

Then, in September, he was sentenced to five years in jail after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74x55epn34o

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So many convictions, appeals, sentences - good thing no other president has such a criminal record, eh?

[Sneederbunk]

1. Sorry Nick. This is what happens when you don't own the High Court of Appeal.