"The three-month trial in Paris heard allegations of what investigative magistrates called a corruption pact forged between Sarkozy and the Libyan regime in which intermediaries allegedly delivered suitcases full of cash to ministry buildings in Paris to illegally fund Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign, which was successful. In return for the money, the court heard, the Libyan regime requested diplomatic, legal and business favours: it was understood that Sarkozy would rehabilitate Gaddafi's international image, prosecutors said."
"It is the biggest corruption trial faced by Sarkozy, 70, who was France's rightwing president from 2007 to 2012. He has already been convicted in two separate cases: one for corruption and influence peddling over illegal attempts to secure favours from a judge, and another for hiding illegal overspending in the 2012 presidential election that he lost to the Socialist candidate, Francois Hollande."
Paris judges will rule on whether former president Nicolas Sarkozy illegally received millions of euros from Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan regime to fund his 2007 presidential campaign. The state prosecutor recommended a seven-year jail term after a three-month trial that tried Sarkozy alongside 12 others, including three former ministers, on charges of criminal conspiracy to receive foreign funds. Sarkozy and co-defendants deny wrongdoing. The proceedings detailed allegations of a corruption pact in which intermediaries allegedly brought suitcases of cash to Paris ministry buildings and Libyan demands for diplomatic, legal and business favours, including rehabilitation of Gaddafi's international image. Sarkozy has prior convictions in two separate cases and has appealed them.
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