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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-16581e8b2f9413f825b76bb09d5a6117 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>President Nicolas Sarkozy, 70, reported at a La Santé prison in Paris on Tuesday morning to begin serving a 5-year sentence </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5217ce2087a551a7e50ccd97eb58db51 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>Charged with criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign, f<strong>ormer Fren</strong>ch president was <strong>convicted of criminal conspiracy, over a plan for late Libyan dictator Muammer Kadhafi to fund his 2007 electoral campaign</strong> </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f693e72330ff916ae44a913c44560456 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>&#8216;Sarkozy, as a presidential candidate and interior minister, used his position “to prepare corruption at the highest level” from 2005 to 2007, to finance his presidential campaign with funds from Libya, under Muammar Gadhafi&#8217; &#8211; <strong>Sept. 25, court ruling</strong> </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bf071b01f97a47ab4c77a412f2bd3fe7 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>The court ruled that Sarkozy would start to serve prison time without waiting for his appeal to be heard, due to “the seriousness of the disruption to public order caused by the offense” </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4a53c5756262f2c4cd27f79faeb1e361 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>Under the ruling, Sarkozy was able to file a request for release to the appeals court only once behind bars and judges have up to two months to process appeal for release<strong> </strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-83c5d682c0f19ab1ffbf6140ee063288 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>On his way to prison on Tuesday, Sarkozy released a statement on social media declaring that “an innocent man” was being locked up</strong>.</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya. Sarkozy who stopped being French President in 2012, has since faced several trials for corruption in office </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya, setting a record as the first ex-leader of modern France to be imprisoned.<br>Sarkozy, 70, was greeted by hundreds of supporters when he walked out of his Paris home hand-in-hand with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. He then embraced the former first lady before getting into a police car.<br>On his way to prison, Sarkozy released a statement on social media declaring that “an innocent man” was being locked up.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his house in<strong>, in Paris, France</strong>, with former First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy on the day of his incarceration at the La Santé prison to begin his five-year prison sentence, in solitary confinement, for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Minutes later, the vehicle passed through the gates of the notorious La Santé prison, where Sarkozy will now serve his sentence in solitary confinement.<a href="https://clickserv.sitescout.com/clk/472905b2a35e5e50/b862715cc4b2675a/68f79e54000617ae05300004/0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a><br>Sarkozy was convicted in September 25, for criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya.<br>He contests both the conviction and a judge’s unusual decision to incarcerate him pending appeal. His lawyers said Tuesday that they filed an immediate request for his release.<br>“It’s an ominous day for him, for France, and for our institutions, because this incarceration is a disgrace,” Sarkozy’s lawyer Jean-Michel Darrois told the media soon after his client&#8217;s incarceration.<br>The former president he will be kept away from all other prisoners for security reasons.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/frances-former-president-nicolas-sarkozy-113897605.jpg?w=1024" alt="Sarkozy hugs his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy as he leaves his residence to present himself to La Sante Prison for incarceration on a five-year prison sentence after being convicted of criminal conspiracy over a plan for late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi to fund his 2007 electoral campaign, in Paris, on October 21, 2025." data-amp-lightbox="true" lightbox="true" class="wp-image-37440276"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Sarkozy hugs wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy as he leaves his residence to present himself to La Santé Prison in Paris, for incarceration after being convicted of criminal conspiracy over a plan for late Libyan dictator Muammer Kadhafi to fund his 2007 electoral campaign</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sarkozy’s journey from the presidential Elysée Palace to La Santé prison has captivated France.<br>After leaving their home, Sarkozy and his wife walked slowly to join family members, including his children and grandchildren, outside his home.<br>Hundreds of supporters applauded and chanted “Nicolas, Nicolas” and sang the French anthem. Two French flags were hung on a nearby fence, with the words “Courage Nicolas, return soon” and “true France with Nicolas.”<br>Sarkozy has been retired from active politics for years but remains very influential, especially in conservative circles last week in a newspaper interview said: “I’m not afraid of prison. I’ll hold my head high, including in front of the doors of La Santé.<br>“I’ll fight till the end.”</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves to supporters on Tuesday, as police transported him to La Santé Prison at the start of a 5-year sentence </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Paris court ruled last month that Sarkozy would start to serve prison time without waiting for his appeal to be heard, due to “the seriousness of the disruption to public order caused by the offense.”<br>In its Sept. 25 ruling, the court said Sarkozy, as a presidential candidate and interior minister, used his position “to prepare corruption at the highest level” from 2005 to 2007, to finance his presidential campaign with funds from Libya, then led by longtime ruler, the late Muammar Gadhafi.<br>Under the court&#8217;s ruling, Sarkozy was able to file a request for release to the appeals court only once behind bars. The judges have up to two months to process that appeal.</p>

Former French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, 70, leaves Paris home to begin 5-year prison sentence, following conviction for campaign finance violations in 2007
