Overview

• France’s financial crimes chief Jean-Francois Bohnert rejected Nicolas Sarkozy’s claim that the case was driven by “hatred,” saying the law guided the investigation.
• Paris prosecutors launched two probes into death threats and violent messages targeting Judge Nathalie Gavarino after the verdict.
• Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison for a scheme that enabled Libyan funding of his 2007 presidential campaign.
• The appeal filed by Sarkozy does not suspend incarceration under the ruling, and he will be notified next month when to begin serving his sentence.
• President Emmanuel Macron condemned threats against magistrates and called for those responsible to be prosecuted, as political reactions continue to divide opinion on the judiciary.