Who Goes From President to Prisoner? Copy link By Matthew Blackman, Nick Dall and Charu Sudan Kasturi Copy link March2, 2021 Flamboyant French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy always loved “to be at the center of the action,” former U.S. President Barack Obama wrote in his memoir A Promised Land. For once, Sarkozy won’t be happy to find himself in the spotlight, after a court sentenced him to jail on Monday for trying to bribe a judge in 2014. While Sarkozy will appeal the ruling and can remain free in the meantime — though he will return to court this month on separate charges of evading campaign finance laws — the verdict is a jolt to those leaders who think they’re above the law. Today’s Daily Dose explores how corruption charges are catching up with multiple world leaders even as the COVID-19 pandemic has opened up fresh opportunities to cheat taxpayers. Read about the deep ties between war and corruption, meet unheralded heroes and understand why this battle is as old as civilization itself — and even God isn’t immune.