Overview

• The former French president was convicted on Sept. 25 of criminal association tied to alleged Libyan funding of his 2007 campaign, and he has filed an appeal with a hearing expected in the coming months.
• He is set to serve his sentence at Paris’s Santé prison, with authorities weighing placement in a vulnerable-prisoners unit or isolation for security.
• Sarkozy will be the first former French head of state imprisoned since World War II, a landmark moment in the country’s legal and political life.
• Prosecutors opened an inquiry into social media threats against the judge in the case, and President Emmanuel Macron publicly defended the independence of the judiciary.
• At age 70, he can quickly request parole, which a court must rule on within a maximum of two months, and he continues to assert his innocence.