Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of corruption and influence peddling and faces a year in prison.
France ’s highest court has upheld an appellate court decision that had found former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling while he was the country's head of state. Sarkozy , 69, faces a year in prison, but is expected to ask to be detained at home with an electronic bracelet — as is the case for any sentence of two years or less.
He was found guilty of corruption and influence peddling by both a Paris court in 2021 and an appeals court in 2023 for trying to bribe a magistrate in exchange for information about a legal case in which he was implicated. “The convictions and sentences are therefore final,” a Court of Cassation statement on Wednesday said. Sarkozy, who was France’s president from 2007 to 2012, retired from public life in 2017 though he still plays an influential role in French conservative politics. He was among the guests who attended the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral earlier this month. Sarkozy, in a statement posted on X, said, “I will assume my responsibilities and face all the consequences.” He added: “I have no intention of complaining. But I am not prepared to accept the profound injustice done to me.” Sarkozy said he will seek to bring the case to the European Court of Human Rights, and hopes those proceedings will result in “France being condemned.” He reiterated his “full innocence.” “My determination is total in this case as in all others,” he concluded. Sarkozy’s lawyer, Patrice Spinosi, said his client “will comply” with the ruling. This means the former president will have to wear an electronic bracelet, Spinosi said. It is the first time in France’s modern history that a former president has been convicted and sentenced to a prison term for actions during his term. Sarkozy’s predecessor, Jacques Chirac, was found guilty in 2011 of misuse of public money during his time as Paris mayor and was given a two-year suspended prison sentence. Sarkozy has been involved in several other legal case
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