China News Service, March 2 According to foreign media reports, on the 1st local time, a judge of a court in Paris, France, ruled that former President Nicolas Sarkozy was guilty of corruption in the corruption case and was sentenced to 3 years in prison and 2 years of probation.
In this regard, Sarkozy expressed dissatisfaction and will appeal.
According to reports, Sarkozy was accused in 2013 of illegally accepting funding from the late heir Liliana Bettencourt of L'Oréal in the 2007 presidential campaign.
In addition, Sarkozy was also accused of obtaining inside information related to the above-mentioned case and promising to obtain a "relaxed Monaco position" for Judge Archiebel.
At that time, Azibel was an influential criminal court judge and was believed to be aware of the progress of the case.
In addition to Sarkozy, lawyer Herzog and former judge Azibel were also convicted, and all three were sentenced.
In addition, Sarkozy will be tried in mid-March 2021 for another election funding case in the 2012 general election.
Sarkozy served as French president from 2007 to 2012, and faded out of politics after failing to compete for re-election in 2012.
After this sentence, Sarkozy became the second former French president to be convicted and the first former French president to be sentenced to prison.