“Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of corruption and influence peddling,” Politico reports.
“Sarkozy, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, was accused of having offered a judge a plum job in exchange for confidential information related to another trial he was facing.”
Associated Press: “This is the first time in France’s modern history that a former president has been convicted of corruption.”
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