Europe 1 with AFP 2:31 p.m., October 19, 2021
Although he is covered by his presidential immunity, the court ordered the hearing of Nicolas Sarkozy as a witness in the Elysee polls trial. Between 2007 and 2009, 235 surveys were ordered by the Elysee Palace from the company of Patrick Buisson, a former adviser to Nicolas Sarkozy. They were sold with a 65% margin for a profit of 1.4 million euros.
The court ordered Tuesday the hearing of former President Nicolas Sarkozy as a witness in the Elysee polls trial, a case in which he is not prosecuted because he is covered by his presidential immunity.
Quoted at the trial by the Anticor association, civil party, the former head of state had indicated in a letter that he did not intend to come and testify.
On Tuesday, however, the court "ordered that this witness be brought before him by the police to be heard on November 2".
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