Appeal trial opens for France’s Sarkozy over alleged Libyan funding

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was back in court Monday for a retrial on charges he sought Libyan financing for his 2007 election, in a case that last year saw him become France’s first modern-day head of state to go to prison. A lower court in September found the right-wing politician — who was president […] The post Appeal trial opens for France’s Sarkozy over alleged Libyan funding appeared first on Digital Journal.