Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to prison

 


Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the Paris court house to hear the final verdict in a corruption trial.  A Paris court found him guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison and a two year suspended sentence.  The 66 year old who was president from 2007 to 2012 was convicted for having tried to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014 about a legal action in which he was involved.  

Photograph:  Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

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