Nicolas Sarkozy charged with corruption: prosecutors AFP Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged with corruption, say prosecutors. FRANCE’S former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged with corruption and influence peddling, French prosecutors say, in a dramatic move in a criminal probe that could wreck his hopes of a political comeback. The decision came after Mr Sarkozy was questioned for 15 hours, marking the first time a French ex-head of state had been taken into custody in a criminal investigation. The right-wing leader had been detained at a police station in a Paris suburb in connection with a suspected attempt to illegally influence judicial proceedings in one of a raft of colourful corruption cases he is implicated in. Mr Sarkozy had turned up at the station in Nanterre in a black saloon car with tinted windows. After the lengthy questioning, the former president was taken in the early hours of today to appear before a judge, where he was charged with corruption and influence peddling, the prosecution said in a statement to AFP.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 08:43:28 +0000
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