Former French President Sarkozy in police custody over campaign financing

March 20 2018 14:21:46

Former French President Sarkozy in police custody over campaign financing

PARIS - Reuters

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in police custody on March 20 morning, where he was to be questioned as part of an investigation into suspected irregularities over his election campaign financing, an official in the French judiciary said.

The probe related to alleged Libyan funding for Sarkozy's 2007 campaign, Le Monde newspaper reported. A lawyer for Sarkozy could not be reached immediately for comment.

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