Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy trial started today in France. He’s on trial facing accusations of corruption and influence-peddling, for allegedly trying to bribe a magistrate in return for information about an investigation into his party finances. French magistrates have spent years investigating allegations of corruption dating back to
The trial of the former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on corruption charges in the so-called “wiretapping affair” is due to start on Monday, November 23. Also accused are his lawyer, Thierry Herzog, and Gilbert Azibert, a former magistrate at the Court of Cassation, France’s highest court of appeal. The case goes back to 2013 when judges decided
Reading Time: 2 minutes Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on Monday accused of trying to bribe a judge and of influence-peddling, one of several criminal investigations that threaten to cast an ignominious pall over his decades-long political career. Prosecutors allege Sarkozy offered to secure a plum job in Monaco for judge Gilbert