Nicolas Sarkozy Ordered to Stand Trial Over Campaign Finances

‘Former President Nicolas Sarkozy has been ordered by a judge to stand trial on charges of illegally financing his failed 2012 re-election campaign, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday, the latest impediment for a politician who not long ago was hoping for a comeback.
Mr. Sarkozy, 62, a mercurial right-wing politician who was president of France from 2007 to 2012, has denied any wrongdoing. His lawyer said he would appeal the decision, after which the case would be referred to another court for a final ruling.
Mr. Sarkozy, who could face up to a year in prison and a fine of 3,750 euros, or about $4,000, is out of the running for presidential elections this spring after a poor showing in a November primary for the center and right candidates, and he no longer leads the center-right Republican Party.’
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