Former French president Sarkozy faces court over alleged €50 million Gaddafi pact

Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy goes on trial on Monday on charges he accepted some 50 million euros in illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. No stranger to the French courts, Sarkozy who has been twice convicted for separate crimes since leaving office, has described the allegations as part of a conspiracy against him.



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