Investigators are looking into whether Sarkozy secretly received $61.6 million in total for his 2007 campaign from Qaddafi's regime – which would be more than twice the legal funding for the campaign at the time. The alleged payments would also be in violation of French rules against foreign financing and declaring the source of campaign funds.
Both Sarkozy and Gueant have denied any wrongdoing.
Sarkozy and Qaddafi have had an interesting dynamic in the past, as the former French president welcomed the Libyan leader to France for a state visit, before placing France at the forefront of NATO-led strikes against Qaddafi's troops that helped rebel fighters topple his regime in 2011.
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