Sarkozy Home and Office Searched in Campaign-Finance Inquiry
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s home and his Paris office were searched today by police in an investigation into allegations of campaign finance violations, according to his lawyer.
Police, led by Judge Jean-Michel Gentil, went to the home Sarkozy shares with wife Carla Bruni and the office he was given as a former head of state, according to a statement to Agence France-Presse by his lawyer, Thierry Herzog. The probe is part of an investigation into claims that cash from Liliane Bettencourt illegally funded his 2007 election campaign.