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On September 25, 2025, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was convicted by a Paris court for passive corruption and illegal campaign financing linked to alleged Libyan funds for his 2007 campaign. He was acquitted of other charges but fined $117,000. Sarkozy plans to appeal the verdict, which marks the first time a former French president faces jail time for such offenses.
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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy linked to Libya campaign funding from Gaddafi. The court found him guilty of letting aides contact Libyans for campaign funds between 2005-2007. Sarkozy plans to appeal, but the sentence is enforceable immediately.
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On October 21, 2025, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy began serving a five-year prison sentence at La Santé prison in Paris. Convicted of criminal conspiracy for allegedly seeking illegal Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential campaign, Sarkozy denies wrongdoing and has appealed. He is held in solitary confinement under high-security conditions and plans to write a book during incarceration.
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On November 10, 2025, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was released from La Santé prison after serving 20 days of a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy linked to illegal Libyan campaign funding. He remains under judicial supervision, banned from leaving France, and faces an appeal trial expected next year. Sarkozy denies wrongdoing and calls the case politically motivated.
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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, convicted of conspiracy related to Libya campaign funding, was released from La Santé prison under judicial supervision. His appeal trial is scheduled for spring 2026. Sarkozy denies wrongdoing, describing prison as 'very hard.' The case highlights ongoing political and legal debates in France.
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On November 12, 2025, former US President Donald Trump sent a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog urging a full pardon for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the ongoing corruption trial politically motivated. Herzog's office responded that any pardon request must follow formal procedures, and Netanyahu or his family have yet to submit such a request. Netanyahu denies wrongdoing amid a trial that began in 2020. Separately, Israel has appealed to the International Criminal Court to disqualify ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual misconduct allegations, challenging his arrest warrants against Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes.
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On November 26, 2025, France's Court of Cassation upheld former President Nicolas Sarkozy's definitive conviction for illegal campaign financing, confirming a one-year prison sentence with half suspended. Meanwhile, Algerian-French writer Boualem Sansal was pardoned by Algeria's President Tebboune following a humanitarian appeal from Germany, allowing Sansal to receive cancer treatment in Germany and easing Franco-Algerian tensions.