Nicolas Sarkozy will serve five years after being found guilty of conspiring to raise campaign funds from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi<\/p>\n
Footage has appeared showing former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni holding hands while walking to a car that will take him to Paris\u2019 La Sante prison, where he will start a five-year sentence on Tuesday.
\nSarkozy, who led France between 2007 and 2012, was convicted by a Paris court last month over a 2005 plot to obtain secret campaign funds from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, against whom he led a NATO-backed regime change operation that destroyed the country.
\nA crowd of supporters applauded and chanted \u201cNicolas, Nicolas\u201d as the 70-year-old hugged his spouse and got into the black vehicle.
\nThe former president, who denies any wrongdoing, issued a statement on X later on Tuesday, claiming that the case against him had been launched based on a forged document and vowing \u201cto continue to expose this legal scandal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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