Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is once again staring down the possibility of prison time. A prosecutor has requested a seven-year sentence in connection with allegations that Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign received illegal financing from the regime of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
“I am innocent,” Sarkozy maintains, as he has throughout the long-running legal saga. The case represents one of the most serious criminal proceedings ever brought against a former French head of state and continues to reverberate through French politics.
