
BREAKING: Former French President, Sarkozy convicted of illegal campaign financing
Former French President, Sarkozy convicted of illegal campaign financing A Paris court has found Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s former president, guilty of illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 re-election bid. Thursday’s ruling came six months after the 66-year-old was handed a one-year prison sentence for corruption in a separate trial. Sarkozy was accused of having spent almost twice the maximum legal amount of 22.5 million euros ($26m) on a re-election bid that he lost to the Socialist Party’s Francois Hollande. Some of the outlay was used to fund extravagant campaign rallies and then hire public relations agency Bygmalion to mask…