Overview

• The Tribunal de Paris, presided by Judge Nathalie Gavarino, delivered the verdict on Thursday.
• Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of association of criminal enterprise connected to the alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign.
• He was acquitted of illegal electoral financing, as well as of public-funds embezzlement and breaching the electoral code.
• The court said it would announce the sentence next.
• The case stems from longstanding claims that Gaddafi’s dictatorship covertly backed the 2007 bid, driving years of investigation and litigation.