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Paris, Jun 15 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Yoan Valat) The former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, returned on Tuesday to the court in Paris where it will be decided whether the re-election campaign in 2012 was financed illegally.The trial had to be postponed on March 17 after one of the lawyers fell ill with Covid-19.FOOTAGE OF THE COURT IN PARIS.
Nicolas Sarkozy is back at Paris Court House this Friday to answer questions in his appeal trial about illegal campaign financing during his 2012 failed re-election bid. The Former head of state was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in 2021 in what has been dubbed the "Bygmalion case". Conservative Sarkozy has faced a litany of legal problems since his one term in office from 2007 until 2012, and has been charged separately with corruption, bribery, influence-peddling, and breaking campaign financing laws. IMAGES
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in a Paris court as his appeal hearing opens against a conviction for illegal campaign financing in a failed 2012 re-election bid. IMAGES
Paris, May 20 (EFE) .- (Camera: Martí Rodríguez) Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was absent this Thursday on the first day of the new trial he faces in Paris after his conviction in March, in this case for irregular financing from his 2012 election campaign, in which he was defeated by François Hollande.FOOTAGE OF THE LAWYERS COMING TO THE SECOND TRIAL AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT OF FRANCE NICOLAS SARKOZY IN THE COURT OF PARIS (FRANCE).
Nicolas Sarkozy's lawyer, Thierry Herzog, and former deputy director of the 2012 presidential campaign, Jérôme Lavrilleux, arrive at the Paris correctional court for the opening of the 'Bygmalion' trial, in which the former French President faces accusations of "illegal financing of an election campaign." If convicted, Sarkozy is liable to one year's imprisonment and a 3,750 euro fine. IMAGES
Former French head of state Nicolas Sarkozy leaves court in Paris without saying a word, after being found guilty of corruption and handed a three-year prison sentence for trying to illegally influence a judge during his time in office. IMAGES