PARIS, France (CNN) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty on Thursday of illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid. The criminal investigation – which began in March 2014 – into what has been dubbed the ...
PARIS, France (NBC) – Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, was found guilty of corruption and influence-peddling Monday. The 66-year-old politician was sentenced to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence. Sarkozy was president from 2007 to ...