Ex- French Prez, Sarkozy Arrested For Receiving €50 Million From Gaddafi
20-Mar-2018

Former French President, Nicolas Sarkozy has been arrested and in police custody since Tuesday for questioning by magistrates looking into allegations of Libyan funding for his 2007 election campaign.

France opened a judicial inquiry in 2013 into allegations that Sarkozy’s successful 2007 election bid benefited from illicit funds from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. A former minister and close ally of Sarkozy,Brice Hortefeux, was also being questioned by police on Tuesday morning in relation to the Libya investigation, another source close to the probe said.

Sarkozy, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, has always denied receiving any illicit campaign funding and has dismissed the Libyan allegations as “grotesque”. In January a French businessman suspected by investigators of funnelling money from Gaddafi to finance Sarkozy’s campaign was arrested in Britain and granted bail after he appeared in a London court.

Sarkozy has already been ordered to stand trial in a separate matter concerning financing of his failed re-election campaign in 2012, when he was defeated by Francois Hollande.
http://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/politics/politics/201803/347420.php


Other sources
https://news.sky.com/story/ex-french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-arrested-over-campaign-financing-11297642

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/ywxzky/sarkozy-arrested-gaddafi-bankrolled-presidential-bid

heendrix:
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heendrix:
wish all these ignorant mofos always ranting US did this and that could know the search/killing of gaddafi was headed by french NATO troops not america

but America would always even be the source of some people family's problem

ollah2:



I have always said it that France orchestrated the move but USA played a major role too. They aren't clean on this one

heendrix:


yeah that right....but to me the US had no choice but to just assist France as allies

ollah2:


An attempted attempt is an attempt. They didn't just assist France, they played a major role. Did you know Gaddafi was gonna fall USD? He was gonna create gold backed currency which was gonna ruin USD and that would have affected USA

heendrix:


yeah I read about it...but tbh if u were US what would you have done? even Nigeria or you as a president in that power would have done same

ollah2:


Oh you read it but you exempted and exonerated them in your initial comment.