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Paris court sentences Nicolas Sarkozy to 5 years in prison for criminal conspiracy in Libya case

A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 campaign with funds from Libya, a verdict that the still-influential conservative leader denounced as “a scandal.”  The historic ruling made Sarkozy the first former president of modern France sentenced to actual time…

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Former French President Sarkozy fitted with ankle bracelet for one-year corruption sentence

Nicolas Sarkozy, who was found guilty of illegal attempts to secure favors from a judge, is the first French president to serve a sentence after being convicted France’s highest appeals court in December ordered Sarkozy to wear the tag for a year, after finding him guilty of illegal attempts to secure favors from a judge. A judge last week decided Sarkozy, 70, would wear the ankle monitor from…

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