L'essentiel du procès libyen en appel de Nicolas Sarkozy : "Claude, voyez cela"

In a dramatic appeal hearing, testimony from a former aide undermines Sarkozy's defense in the Libyan campaign financing case. | Contesto: cronaca

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PARIS — The appeal trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, convicted in a landmark case over the alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign, entered a critical phase this week as testimony from his former chief of staff, Claude Guéant, delivered a significant blow to the ex-president's defense. The proceedings, ongoing at the Paris Court of Appeal since March 16, saw Guéant's legal representative present arguments that directly challenged the narrative put forward by Sarkozy's team. Sarkozy, sentenced to five years in prison at his first trial and detained for 20 days last autumn, is fighting to overturn a conviction that has sent shockwaves through the French political establishment. The core of the case alleges that Sarkozy's successful 2007 campaign received millions of euros in illicit funding from the regime of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Prosecutors have built their argument on a complex web of financial transactions, witness accounts, and documentary evidence suggesting a covert deal between the French candidate and the North African dictatorship. The first-instance verdict, delivered in 2021, was a historic moment, marking the first time a former French head of state in the modern era received a custodial sentence for corruption-related offenses. The appeal represents Sarkozy's final chance to clear his name within the French judicial system before potentially taking the case to the Court of Cassation, France's highest court of appeal. The fifth week of the appeal hearing proved particularly damaging. While Claude Guéant did not appear in person, his lawyer's interventions systematically targeted key pillars of Sarkozy's defense strategy. The former interior minister and loyal Sarkozy lieutenant, who was also convicted in the first trial, has historically been a central figure in the affair, alleged to have been a key intermediary. His legal team's latest statements, however, appeared to distance his actions from Sarkozy's claimed ignorance, creating a rift in the unified front previously presented by the co-defendants. Legal observers noted that the testimony effectively placed Guéant's understanding of events at...

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