Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will stand trial in 2025 on charges of corruption and illegal financing related to alleged Libyan funding of his successful 2007 presidential bid, the financial prosecutor's office said on Friday. Sarkozy, who remains an important figure in French politics although he no longer holds any elected post, has always denied the accusations. "There's not even the smallest inkling of proof," he said in an interview in 2018.
PARIS (Reuters) -Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will stand trial in 2025 on charges of corruption and illegal financing related to alleged Libyan funding of his successful 2007 presidential bid, the financial prosecutor's office said on Friday. Sarkozy, who remains an important figure in French politics although he no longer holds any elected post, has always denied the accusations. In this case, he will stand trial over charges of "concealment of embezzlement of public funds, passive c
The trial is set to hear evidence that former French President Nicolas Sarkozy conspired to take cash from the Libyan leader Gadhafi to fund his victorious 2007 bid for the presidency illegally.
The Libya case is the biggest of multiple corruption investigations involving former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He has been convicted in two others but denies any wrongdoing in all cases.