Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy began serving his five-year prison sentence today at La Santé prison in Paris after being convicted of conspiring to secure funds from Libya to finance his 2007 election campaign.
Sarkozy was found guilty of conspiring with associates to orchestrate the financing scheme, although he was acquitted of personally receiving the funds or using them for private purposes. He has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
In a post on his X account, Sarkozy described the proceedings against him as a “judicial scandal,” asserting that the case is politically motivated.
On September 25, a Paris court sentenced the 70-year-old Sarkozy to five years in prison for financing his 2007 campaign with money from Libya.
