France's Sarkozy back in court, this time for illegal campaign financing | Malay Mail

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PARIS, March 17 ― Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial today accused of financing his failed 2012 re-election campaign illegally, less than three weeks after being convicted of corruption and influence-peddling. Prosecutors allege that Sarkozy's party, then known as the UMP,...

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In their indictment, the prosecutors acknowledge that their investigation had failed to prove Sarkozy either organised or was involved in the scheme, but argue that he benefited from it and must have been aware of it. The trial casts another ignominious pall over a political career that saw Sarkozy bestride the national and global stage for five years, but dramatically fall from grace in a courtroom this month.

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