PARIS –
France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy, whose conviction in a corruption case was made definitive by France’s highest court Wednesday, has been involved in a series of legal proceedings in recent years.
Another trial is to open next month over alleged Libya financing for his 2007 presidential campaign.
Sarkozy, 69, who was France’s president from 2007 to 2012, has denied any wrongdoing. He retired from active politics in 2017.
Here’s a look at legal cases involving him.
Wiretapping scandal
France’s Court of Cassation on Wednesday upheld an appeal court decision which had found Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling while he was the country’s head of state.
Sarkozy has been sentenced to a year in prison, but is expected to ask to be detained at home with an electronic bracelet as provided by French law.
He said he would bring the case to the European Court of Human Rights.
Sarkozy was first found guilty in 2021 by a Paris court, …