Charges filed against ex-French president Sarkozy in case linked to Libya
French investigative judges have filed preliminary charges against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for his alleged involvement in an attempt to mislead magistrates in a case regarding the suspected illegal financing from Libya of his 2007 presidential campaign.
The preliminary charges accuse Mr Sarkozy of “benefiting from corruptly influencing a witness” and “participating in a criminal association” in order “to mislead the magistrates in charge of the judicial investigation into suspicions of Libyan financing of his election campaign”, according to a statement from the financial prosecutors’ office.
