Ex-French President Nicholas Sarkozy in police custody over campaign financing: report

15:41, March 20, 2018

• 

  French ex-president Sarkozy held in Libya financing probe

  Prosecutors are probing claims that Moamer Khadafi financed the presidential election campaign of Nicolas Sarkozy, pictured here, right, with the late Libya leader in July 2007 (Photo: AFP)French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy was detained for questioning on Tuesday over allegations the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi financed his 2007 election campaign, including with suitcases stuffed with cash, a source close to

• 

  Sarkozy denies wrongdoing, says Libya lies make his life 'hell'

  Nicolas Sarkozy, former head of the Les Republicains political party, attends a Les Republicains (LR) public meeting in Les Sables d'Olonne, France, October 1, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy told magistrates that accusations of illicit Libyan funding for his 2007 election campaign were a web of lies that had made his life “hell” and lost him a re-election

• 

  Sarkozy vows to vanquish 'Gaddafi gang', fights barring order

  Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy enters his car as he leaves his house in Paris, France, March 21, 2018. (Photo: Reuters)Nicolas Sarkozy will challenge a barring order that forbids him from meeting key accusers and allies or traveling to countries such as Libya pending a judicial investigation into allegations that Muammar Gaddafi bankrolled his 2007 election campaign.Sarkozy’s lawyer, speaking publicly