Sarkozy Charged Over Presidential Campaign Financing Scandal
- Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy quizzed on 2012 campaign
- No decision yet on whether the case should go to trial
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was charged Tuesday with illegal campaign financing in relation to his 2012 re-election bid, meaning he is now facing two possible trials in court as he contemplates an attempt to return to office.
An investigative judge decided to charge the former French president for exceeding the legal limit for election expenses after questioning him in Paris, according to an e-mailed statement from the public prosecutor’s office. Sarkozy was also named a “material witness” concerning suspicions of forgery, fraud, and breach of trust, prosecutors said. No decision has yet been made on whether the case will go to trial.