Sarkozy Sentenced to Jail for Campaign Financing Issues

Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first ex-French president to be incarcerated, beginning a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his 2007 election campaign with Libyan money. Despite his appeal and claims of innocence, Sarkozy is serving time in La Santé prison, where he will reside in isolation for safety, as more than 100 supporters rallied outside his Paris home.

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