Paris, France – On Thursday, the French judiciary convicted former President Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of criminal conspiracy in the Libyan financing case.
While he was acquitted of other charges.
Reuters said that the judiciary convicted Sarkozy on charges of criminal conspiracy (collusion).
But he was acquitted of other charges against him in the case of financing his election campaign with money from Libya.
The presiding judge explained that the former president was convicted of criminal conspiracy because he “allowed his senior aides (…) By moving to obtain financial support from the Libyan regime.
The court held that “there was no illegal funding for Sarkozy’s campaign in 2007.”
Prosecutors accused Sarkozy, who has always denied the allegations, of reaching an agreement with the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2005, when he was interior minister, to secure funding for his election campaign in exchange for international support for the then Libyan government.
Sarkozy served as French President from 2007 to 2012.
Sarkozy can still appeal.
Sarkozy remains an influential figure on the French political scene.
This is despite legal problems and his being stripped in June of the Legion of Honor, France’s highest honor.
Sarkozy has been facing legal battles since leaving office.
