The former president is accused of having entered into a “corruption pact” with the wealthy Libyan dictator who fell in 2011 at the end of 2005, notably with the help of his very close friends Brice Hortefeux and Claude Guéant, so that he would “support” financially his accession to the Elysée.
“You will never find, not a euro, but not a Libyan cent, in my countryside”said Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday at the Paris court, for his first speech at his trial.
“I will answer all questions as I always have, I have always assumed my responsibilities and I intend to do so during these four months” hearing, added the former head of state, tried like 11 other people for suspicion of financing of his 2007 campaign by Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya.
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Case of Libyan financing of the presidential campaign in 2007: Nicolas Sarkozy back in court this Monday
The trial of Nicolas Sarkozy opened on Monday January 6 before the Paris court. The former president is accused of having entered into a “corruption pact” with the wealthy Libyan dictator who fell in 2011 at the end of 2005, notably with the help of his very close friends Brice Hortefeux and Claude Guéant, so that he would “support” financially his accession to the Elysée.
The prosecution was unable to establish an exact total amount of the alleged financing. But after 10 years of investigation, a “cluster of clues” convinced the investigating judges of the existence of this financial support, which would have come through Claude Guéant and Brice Hortefeux, then close guard of Nicolas Sarkozy.
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