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On 1 March 2021, a court in Paris found former French President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption, trading in influence in a wiretapping and illegal data exchange case involving a number of individuals like magistrate Gilbert Azibert and Sarkozy's former lawyer Thierry Herzog. Both men were tried with him and convicted as well.
Sep 7, 2024 · Nicolas Sarkozy, French politician who served as the president of France from 2007 to 2012. He was the second president of France to fail in a reelection bid since the foundation of the Fifth Republic in 1958, and his attempt at a political comeback was stymied by a raft of corruption charges.
Mar 1, 2021 · French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail, two of them suspended, for corruption.
May 17, 2023 · Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal against a prison sentence for corruption. However, the Paris appeals court ruled that he could serve his time at home wearing a tag...
Feb 14, 2024 · Former President Nicolas Sarkozy of France saw an appeals court uphold his conviction for illegally financing an election campaign, but he received a lighter sentence.
Mar 1, 2021 · Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in prison, including two suspended, after a Paris court found the former French president guilty of corruption and influence peddling.
Sep 30, 2021 · Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to a year in prison for illegally funding his unsuccessful 2012 re-election campaign.
Mar 1, 2021 · Nicolas Sarkozy was accused of trying to obtain confidential information from a judge by offering to help him land a job. He received a sentence of at least one year, but said he would appeal.
Nov 23, 2020 · Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial accused of corruption linked to his 2007 campaign funding.
May 17, 2023 · A French court of appeals on Wednesday, May 17, upheld a prison sentence of three years, including two suspended, against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling.