Overview
- The Court of Cassation rejected Nicolas Sarkozy’s appeal on November 26, confirming prior rulings and closing the door to further legal challenges.
- Judges concluded the 2012 campaign spent nearly €43 million against a €22.5 million cap using false invoices channeled through the Bygmalion firm.
- Sarkozy was convicted as a beneficiary of the scheme rather than as its direct organizer, according to the courts’ findings.
- Reports differ on the exact sentence length, with accounts citing either six months or one year with half suspended, and French law allows serving the term at home under electronic monitoring subject to a judge’s order.
- The ruling becomes his second definitive conviction as he recently completed about 20 days in prison in a separate Libya-related case that heads to an appeal trial scheduled from March 16 to June 3.