Nicolas Sarkozy led France from 2007 to 2012
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France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday pledged to fight to clear his name after being handed a three-year sentence for corruption, dismissing the verdict as unfair and threatening to take his case to Europe s top rights court should he lose an appeal.
The 66-year old Right-winger gave a combative front-page interview to the newspaper Le Figaro a day after being handed a sentence of a year in jail and two years suspended for attempting to bribe a judge.
He is not expected to go to prison as the judge said she was open to him serving the rest of his term at home with an electronic bracelet.
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday he was ready to go all the way to the European Court of Human Rights to prove his innocence, his first public reaction after being found guilty of corruption and sentenced to prison on Monday. The court found that Sarkozy, 66, had tried to bribe a judge and peddle his influence after leaving office in exchange for inside information about an investigation into his 2007 campaign finances. Sarkozy is appealing the ruling.
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