Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his final bid to overturn a corruption-related conviction, after France’s highest court upheld a 2024 ruling that found he illegally financed his failed 2012 reelection campaign.
The Court of Cassation confirmed on Wednesday that Sarkozy hid massive overspending during the campaign, nearly doubling the legal spending limit of €22.5 million ($26 million). The scheme, known as the Bygmalion affair, involved an events company allegedly disguising lavish campaign rallies as party conventions to avoid financial reporting rules.
The court also upheld Sarkozy’s one-year prison sentence, with six months suspended. The remaining term can be served at home under electronic monitoring rather than in prison.
Sarkozy, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, was previously convicted in a separate case involving allegations he sought illegal campaign funding from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for his 2007 presidential run. He later supported the NATO-backed intervention that removed Gaddafi from power.
With the Court of Cassation acting as France’s final avenue of appeal, the ruling leaves Sarkozy with no further legal options to contest the conviction. The decision marks another major legal setback for the former leader, who continues to deny wrongdoing.
Illegally financing? Well, ok, that even got Al Capone jailed.
However, time is not far away from prosecuting political deviants for what they are: treasonist to the people.
Once the economic sh*t will hit the fan (which it will), all pretentious gloves will be off.
The only event the French should hold is an invasion.