French Ex-President Sarkozy Given 5-Years In Prison For Libya Campaign Financing Scandal

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ER Editor: There is a genuine sense of wonderment here in France that Sarko has finally been condemned for something. Earlier in the day, it didn’t seem certain. And it’s a first for a French president to go to jail. We very much doubt by now if we’re seeing Sarkozy 1.0, by the way. The original has likely been dealt with under EO 13818.

The man and his trans wife from an aristocratic family appearing in today’s media reports seem too young for their actual ages.

This is what Le Media en 4-4-2 has to say:

On September 25, 2025, the Paris Criminal Court handed down its verdicts in the case of Libyan financing of Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign. Eleven defendants, including three former ministers, stood trial for passive corruption, concealment of embezzlement of public funds, illegal campaign financing, and criminal conspiracy. The budget for an election campaign was not to exceed 20 million. With Gaddafi’s money, this rule was blithely ignored. At least, that was the decision of the court, which sentenced Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison with immediate effect. He is free for now, but must report to prison in four months. Let’s not worry about him. At 70 years of age, he will not be denied parole. …

For sentences of less than 10 years, the 70-year-old convict can apply for parole. He may be required to wear an electronic tag (this will not be the first time), be placed under house arrest, and notify the authorities of any travel plans.

Translation: SARKO BEHIND BARS, THE END OF AN ERA The former president is sentenced to five years in prison, the first effective incarceration of a French head of state. This judicial shock reveals the collapse of a system that believed itself untouchable and exposes the illegitimacy of a political class subservient to NATO and Brussels.  But behind the trial looms the shadow of a destroyed Libya, uncontrolled migratory flows, and the geopolitical chaos that is eating away at Europe. As France crumbles, Russia, China, and the United States are reshaping a world where sovereignty becomes a condition for survival. @gabriel_draghi, François Martin, and@Gary_Laski with@RaphaelBesliu, live on Deep Geopolitics.

🚨 SARKOZY DERRIÈRE LES BARREAUX, LA FIN D’UNE ÈRE

🔥 L’ancien président est condamné à cinq ans de prison ferme, première incarcération effective d’un chef d’État français. Ce choc judiciaire révèle l’effondrement d’un système qui se croyait intouchable et met à nu… pic.twitter.com/7OFaLRnEyf

— GÉOPOLITIQUE PROFONDE (@GPTVoff) September 26, 2025

Translation: Judicial thunderbolt in Paris: Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy in the Libyan funding affair.  5 years in prison, including 2 firm.  No direct evidence of cash from Gaddafi, but the court believes he did participate in the scheme.  Incarceration must be set within the month, and the appeal will not prevent execution. A former French president who could end up behind bars. A historic first.

⚖️ Coup de tonnerre judiciaire à Paris : Nicolas Sarkozy reconnu coupable de complot criminel dans l’affaire du financement libyen.

👉 5 ans de prison, dont 2 fermes.
👉 Pas de preuves directes de cash venu de Kadhafi, mais le tribunal estime qu’il a bien participé à la… pic.twitter.com/WRuRq96s5B

— Camille Moscow 🇷🇺 🌿 ☦️ (@camille_moscow) September 25, 2025

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison and a €100,000 fine after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a high-profile case involving alleged illicit funding from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was slain by NATO-backed rebels after US-UK-French military intervention in 2011.

The 70-year-old, who served as president from 2007 to 2012 and was a hugely influential figure in right-wing politics has maintained his innocence. “What happened today is extremely serious for the rule of law and for public trust in the justice system,” he said in a statement. “If they absolutely want me to sleep in jail, I will sleep in jail – but with my head held high.”

He was accused during his time as president of accepting millions of euros from Gaddafi to finance his 2007 election campaign. The quid pro quo allegedly involved a commitment to help rehabilitate Gaddafi’s image with the West.

Gaddafi had over many decades been in and out of the West’s favor, and in the mid-2000s had been ‘brought in from the cold’ by the Bush administration, in exchange for giving up his aspiring nuclear and WMD program. Yet he still later saw a Washington-led regime change war against him once the so-called Arab Spring kicked off.

Sarkozy was acquitted of other charges, including passive corruption and illegal campaign financing, with Judge Nathalie Gavarino stating that Sarkozy had allowed close aides to reach out to Libyan officials to secure financial support for his campaign. But there wasn’t enough evidence to show Sarkozy actually directly benefited from any such illicit campaign funds.

The former French leader insists he will appeal the whole thing and that his innocence will be established, in what he says is a politically motivated case.

The allegations and case are at the very least mired in intrigue, political scandal, score settling, and curiously came to light only after Gaddafi was overthrown and killed. The accusations emerged after Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam publicly accused Sarkozy of accepting campaign funds from Libya.

In 2014, Franco-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine, long a well-known go-between for France and the Middle East, purported to possess written proof that Sarkozy received €50 million from Tripoli, with the payments allegedly persisting even after Sarkozy took office.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy vows appeal after being sentenced to five years for accepting illegal campaign financing from Muammar Gaddafi’s regime for his 2007 campaign. #Libya #ليبيا pic.twitter.com/Z3CDhLw4dY

— Alwasat Libya (@alwasatengnews) September 25, 2025

This is another historic ‘first’ for France’s presidents and the legal system, after in 2024 he had already received a one-year sentence (but six months were suspended) for exceeding the legal spending limit during his 2012 re-election campaign.

Also in 2021 he was found guilty of attempting to bribe a judge in exchange for confidential information regarding an ongoing investigation, after which he was issued a custodial sentence.

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