Posted on 03/20/2018 2:51:28 PM PDT by mojito
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was placed in custody on Tuesday as part of an investigation into allegations he received millions of euros in illegal campaign financing from the regime of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
A judicial source with direct knowledge of the case told The Associated Press that Sarkozy was being held at the Nanterre police station, north-west of Paris. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Sarkozy has vehemently and repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the case, which involves funding for his winning 2007 presidential campaign.
Though an investigation has been underway since 2013, the case gained traction some three years later when French-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine told the online investigative site, Mediapart, that he delivered suitcases from Libya containing 5 million euros ($6.2 million) in cash to Sarkozy and his former chief of staff Claude Gueant.
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“Carla Bruni could be expensive”
Sarkozy has a Swiss Army knife tongue.
A little payback from beyond the grave, anyone?
Sound like something she was so very proud of, and if the FBI can indict a ham sandwich, they should be able to use it as part of an indictment. As corrupted and as crooked as the FBI has become and is, it wouldn’t matter anyway.
If Libya truly was paying off Sarkozy, he is more than 50/50 to flip on Cankles and Bobo. Quel dommage...
#19. Re foreign money - “ How many millions did the Muslims put up Obama’s rectum”?
We haven’t got a Roto-Rooter machine and searchlight big enough to begin an exploration.
Atomic Ex-Lax might be our only tool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgcd1ghag5Y
And then the region fell apart. C'est la vie.
In France, the laws also apply to politician lawyers. Amazing.
Obunghole is immune to all treatment devices cause he graduated from Harvard law school last in his class.
I bet there were more of these "reasons" just like this passed along to the 2008 election Democratic _residential campaign. It would be hell to pay if someone found out about it.
Do you suppose the French were tipped off by Trump?
Also, Ghadaffi was sitting on a large hoard of gold bullion, which mysteriously disappeared right around the time of Benghazi. Do you suppose Hitlery and 0vomit know anything about that?
Reminds me of GoodFellas.
Good question!
I guess he doesn’t have a charitable foundation.
WOW! Wouldn’t surprise me!
Saif al-Islam, son of Libya's ex-dictator Muammar Gaddafi, welcomes Nicolas Sarkozy's detention -- and offers evidence for claims first made to Euronews that Libya funded the former French president's 2007 election bid.
Gaddafi's son offers to give evidence that Libya funded Sarkozy election bid
Whoops.
Saif al-Islam, son of Libya's ex-dictator Muammar Gaddafi, welcomes Nicolas Sarkozy's detention -- and offers evidence for claims first made to Euronews that Libya funded the former French president's 2007 election bid.
Gaddafi's son offers to give evidence that Libya funded Sarkozy election bid
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