French prosecutors are seeking to send former President Nicolas Sarkozy and 13 others to trial on charges that his 2007 presidential campaign received millions in illegal financing from the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
After a decade of investigation, the French national financial prosecutor’s office announced its decision Friday to seek a trial.
It’s now up to judges to determine whether to move ahead. In general, judges in France follow such prosecutors’ requests, though not always.. He has been convicted in two others. He denies wrongdoing in all cases.
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