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French ex-president Sarkozy in custody over campaign funding
http://www.dw.com/en/french-ex-president-sarkozy-in-custody-over-campaign-funding/a-43045408French ex-president Sarkozy in custody over campaign funding
20.03.2018
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in police custody on Tuesday, where he was being questioned as part of a probe into the funding of his 2007 election campaign, a French judiciary official said.
Sarkozy has been under investigation since 2013 over claims that Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi's regime secretly gave him €50 million ($61.7 million) for the 2007 campaign. The sum is more than double the legal campaign funding limit. The payments would also violate French rules against foreign financing.
It is the first time Sarkozy has been questioned in the inquiry and his questioning takes place weeks after a former associate, Alexandre Djouhri, was arrested in London and later released on bail.
Sarkozy, who served as French president from 2007-2012, has denied allegations he received funding from the Libyan regime.
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