"The 70-year-old, who led France between 2007 and 2012, was acquitted on charges of passive corruption, illegal campaign financing, and concealment of embezzled public funds, but judges ruled that Sarkozy permitted close allies to approach Muammar Gaddafi's regime to obtain or try to obtain financial support in Libya for the purpose of securing campaign financing."
"In a break with convention, the court declared the sentence would stand even if appealed, though Sarkozy has not yet been sent to prison."
"If they absolutely want me to sleep in prison, I will sleep in prison, but with my head held high."
"Those who hate me so much think they can humiliate me. What they have humiliated today is France, the image of France."
Nicolas Sarkozy received a five-year prison sentence after a Paris court found him guilty of criminal conspiracy connected to alleged Libyan funding of his 2007 election campaign. Judges acquitted him on counts of passive corruption, illegal campaign financing, and concealment of embezzled public funds, but concluded that he allowed close aides to approach Muammar Gaddafi's regime to seek financial support. The court ruled the sentence would stand even if appealed. Sarkozy has not yet been incarcerated, has denounced the case as politically driven, and continues to hold influence on the French right.
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