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September 25, 2025

French Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy Sentenced to 5 Years for Campaign Finance Conspiracy
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In France, a judge on Thursday sentenced former President Nicolas
Sarkozy to five years in prison after he was found guilty of criminal
conspiracy for illegally receiving millions of euros from the late
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to fund his 2007 campaign. Sarkozy is the
first former French head of state in the modern era to be convicted of a
crime.


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