Paris (AFP)

Former minister Brice Hortefeux was indicted Tuesday for "illegal financing of the electoral campaign" and "criminal association" by the judges responsible for the investigation into possible Libyan financing of Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential campaign in 2007, a told AFP his lawyer, Me Jean-Yves Dupeux.

In a statement sent to AFP, the MEP, who until then had the status of assisted witness in this case, expressed "his total surprise" and stressed that "an indictment does not bode well for a guilt".

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