Sarkozy Back in Court for Appeal in Libyan Campaign Financing Case

Sarkozy vuelve a los tribunales en el juicio en apelación por el caso de la financiación libia de su campaña

3/16/2026, 7:19:46 PM es source ↗

Summary

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has returned to court for the appeal hearing in the case involving alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by Libya's Gaddafi regime. Sarkozy was previously sentenced to five years in prison at first instance and spent several weeks in a Paris jail before the appeal was granted. The case is one of several legal battles facing the former head of state.

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El expresidente francés, que pasó varias semanas en una prisión parisina tras ser condenado a cinco años de cárcel en primera instancia, recurrió la sentencia

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