A court will on Mar 1 give its verdict in a separate corruption trial, with Sarkozy risking a jail sentence of up to four years. PARIS: French prosecutors said on Friday they have opened a probe into alleged influence-peddling against former president Nicolas Sarkozy, adding a new legal woe for an ex-leader already mired in judicial troubles.
The probe is just the latest legal headache for Sarkozy, who nonetheless remains popular among the right in France despite only holding onto the presidency for one term. He remains charged over allegations that he received millions of euros in funding from Libyan dictator Mummar Gaddafi and is also accused of fraudulently overspending on his failed 2012 re-election bid.The rightwinger, who led France from 2007 to 2012, had insisted at a hearing in his graft trial that he"never committed the slightest act of corruption" and vowed to go"all the way" to clear his name.
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