Prosecutors to announce sentences for Sarkozy in Libya appeal trial

Former president Nicolas Sarkozy held his breath Wednesday as prosecutors were due to announce their requested sentences against him in an appeal trial over allegations of illegal campaign funding from Libya’s late dictator Muammar Gaddafi for his 2007 election campaign. Sarkozy was last year sentenced to prison by a lower court and became the first modern French president to serve time behind bars after spending three weeks in jail.

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