Overview

• A Paris court convicted Nicolas Sarkozy of association de malfaiteurs linked to alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 campaign, citing exceptionally serious facts.
• Judges issued a deferred arrest warrant with provisional execution, requiring him to begin serving the sentence before appellate review.
• He is due at the financial prosecutor’s office on October 13 to receive his prison assignment and start date, which must be set within four months.
• Sarkozy maintains his innocence and will appeal, and his lawyers can request release after he enters custody.
• French media report La Santé in Paris as the likely facility and estimate roughly two to two-and-a-half years behind bars if the five-year term is upheld on appeal.