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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Found Guilty of Corruption
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0:49Now PlayingFormer French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s chances of returning to office suffered a blow after he was found guilty by a Paris court of corruption.
The 66-year-old was sentenced to a one-year prison term for offering to pull strings to help a magistrate land a prestigious job in return for a favor -- although the French legal system means he’s unlikely to serve jail time. His lawyer and the court official were also convicted.
“Sarkozy used his status as former French president,” said Presiding Judge Christine Mée on Monday as she read out the court’s decision. She said the wrongdoing he committed was “particularly serious.”
The conviction of Sarkozy -- who still enjoys some popularity in the nation -- is another setback to a political career that stuttered after his failed 2012 re-election bid. The judgment puts the former president on the back-foot weeks before he’s due back in court on separate charges that he illegally exceeded campaign-spending limits ahead of his electoral defeat.
French Senator Valerie Boyer from Sarkozy’s Les Republicains party told BFM TV the judgment means that “it will be difficult” for him “to take part in the presidential campaign, as many French hoped.” The five-year term of President Emmanuel Macron -- who can seek reelection -- is due to end in 2022.
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