Overview

• Paris’s criminal court found Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of criminal conspiracy linked to alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 campaign.
• He was acquitted of passive corruption and illegal campaign financing due to insufficient evidence that he personally benefited.
• Presiding judge Nathalie Gavarino made the sentence immediately enforceable during appeal, citing the offense’s “exceptional gravity.”
• The ruling includes a $117,000 fine, and Sarkozy has vowed to appeal while insisting he is innocent.
• The court said he allowed aides to seek Libyan support, marking a case that could see a former French president imprisoned.