Sarkozy suspected of illegally taking donations from elderly heiress

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been formally placed under investigation over claims that he illegally took donations from France’s richest woman on the way to his 2007 election victory.

Sarkozy suspected of illegally taking donations from elderly heiress

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been formally placed under investigation over claims that he illegally took donations from France’s richest woman on the way to his 2007 election victory.

A judge yesterday filed preliminary charges in a campaign finance case, after Mr Sarkozy, 58, went through hours of questioning in a Bordeaux courthouse, according to the prosecutor’s office.

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