Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on trial for corruption
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Sarkozy faces charges of corruption and bribery
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his last attempt to avoid confronting the judiciary on charges of corruption, abuse of power and influence.
The French judiciary accuses Sarkozy of trying to bribe a judge by giving him a prestigious position in the Principality of Monaco in return for providing him with information about a criminal investigation affecting his political party.
But the French Supreme Court rejected Sarkozy's appeal and ruled that he would face trial in the coming months.
The former president denies all charges against him.
The judge, who accuses Sarkozy of trying to bribe him – and his name is Gilbert Aziber – and Sarkozy's special lawyer – Thierry Herzog – will also face trial.
The case is centered around conversations between Aziber and Herzog, which were investigated by investigators investigating allegations that Sarkozy sued the heir of L'Oreal cosmetics company Liliane Betancourt for funding his presidential campaign in 2007.
He accuses Sarkozy of promising to appoint an Azibar in Monaco for information from the judge. The investigation also revealed that the former president and his lawyers used mobile phones and aliases to communicate with each other, and the investigation authorities say that Sarkozy called himself Paul Bismuth.
Sarkozy has been facing charges of financial corruption for some time.
Last year he denied receiving funding for his campaign from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was arrested as a result of the allegations and interrogated by investigators investigating financial irregularities.
He has also been referred to the judiciary in another case involving allegations that his 2012 presidential campaign issued fraudulent invoices to a party-holding company called Piagmelon to cover an expenditure of € 18.5 million above the allowable.
Sarkozy also denies the charges, saying Pygmalion's bosses – some of whom also direct the judiciary – were the perpetrators of the fraud, and he was not aware of what was happening.
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