Overview

• Judges found the former French president guilty of criminal conspiracy tied to alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign.
• The court imposed a five-year prison term after prosecutors had sought seven years plus a €300,000 fine.
• Sarkozy was acquitted of concealing misappropriation of public funds as well as passive corruption.
• He continues to deny the accusations that first surfaced in 2011 and were expanded by Mediapart reporting in 2012.
• He arrived for the sentencing in Paris with his wife Carla Bruni, and his sons were present in court.