2024-07-10 01:07:00
former first lady of france Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was charged today in connection with an investigation into alleged Libyan financing of her husband’s 2007 presidential campaign., Nicolas Sarkozy. The 56-year-old man is accused of concealing evidence and colluding with perpetrators to commit fraud.
The singer, actress and model has been placed under judicial control and banned from contact with all the accused except her husband, police said. AFP. being doubted Cover-up of witness tampering and involvement in attempted bribery of Lebanese judicial officialsand other illegal acts. His lawyers, Paul Mallet and Benoit Martinez, had no comment.
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Sarkozy, 69, was charged in October 2023 with unlawful witness tampering as part of an investigation into whether he accepted money from the late Libyan dictator. Muammar Gaddafi Investigators suspect that several people, some close to Sarkozy, were involved in paying a key witness in the case to retract his statements once morest the former president.
Bruni Sarkozy may be charged or given ‘assistant witness’ status, which according to the French legal system does not amount to a formal charge. researcher They’ve interrogated her twice: First as a witness in June 2023, and then as a suspect in early May.
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In the case of this French-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine has said on several occasions that he has helped deliver up to €5 million In 2006 and 2007, Muammar Gaddafi provided cash ($5.4 million at current exchange rates) to President Sarkozy and his chief of staff.
However, in 2020, Takidin suddenly retracted his statement of conviction.raising suspicions that Sarkozy and his close allies might pay witnesses to change his mind.
Sarkozy must stand trial in 2025, he was accused of conspiring to receive money from the Libyan leader to illegally finance his subsequent 2007 campaign for the French presidency. The right-wing politician, who ruled France from 2007 to 2012, has faced a series of legal problems since leaving office.
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