Nicolas Sarkozy under formal investigation in Gaddafi cash case
2018-03-22 10:05:23 source：The Washington Post
March 21, 2018
PARIS -- A panel of French judges placed former President Nicolas Sarkozy under formal investigation late Wednesday for allegedly accepting bribes and illegal campaign financing, and misappropriating Libyan public funds.
The decision came after years of allegations that Sarkozy relied on a multimillion euro donation from the government of Moammar Gaddafi to finance his successful 2007 presidential run.
The accusations that Sarkozy may have colluded with a foreign dictator to secure his own power amount to the gravest allegations levied against a former French head of state in decades. They also raise questions about the motives behind Sarkozy’s decision to spearhead a NATO operation against the Gaddafi regime in 2011.
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