The trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on corruption and influence-peddling charges was suspended Monday less than two hours after it started in order to allow a medical report on one of the defendants.about an investigation involving him in 2014.
He is standing trial in a Paris court along with his lawyer Thierry Herzog, 65, and the magistrate, Gilbert Azibert, 73. They face prison sentences of up to 10 years and a maximum fine of $1.2 million. All three men deny any wrongdoing. Sarkozy and Herzog are alleged to have promised Azibert a job in Monaco in exchange for leaking information about an
of Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign by France’s richest woman, L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.Sarkozy arrived Monday at the Paris court surrounded by his lawyers and bodyguards. The court itself has been placed under high security because hearings in Sarkozy’s case, scheduled until Dec. 10, are taking place at the same time as another key trial — that of alleged perpetrators of the 2015 terrorist attacks on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and on a kosher supermarket.
Sarkozy’s trial started in the absence of Azibert, whose lawyer requested that the hearing be postponed. The lawyer said Azibert’s poor health made it too risky for him to travel and appear in court amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which led the court to suspend proceedings pending an expert medical report. The trial is to resume Thursday.
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