The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. March 20, 2018 Nicolas Sarkozy Questioned by Police over Charges of Illegal Campaign Funds from Gaddafi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into police custody for questioning amid an investigation into whether he received millions of euros in illegal campaign financing from the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2007. Sarkozy has repeatedly denied the allegations. .