Sarkozy convicted over illegal 2012 campaign financing
On 30 September 2021 a Paris court convicted former president Nicolas Sarkozy of illegally financing his unsuccessful 2012 re-election campaign, in the Bygmalion case.
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On 30 September 2021 a Paris court convicted former president Nicolas Sarkozy of illegally financing his unsuccessful 2012 re-election campaign, in the Bygmalion case. He received a one-year sentence that the court allowed him to serve at home with an electronic tag. Sarkozy, who denied wrongdoing, appealed, which suspended enforcement.
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Nicolas Sarkozy
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Sarkozy convicted over illegal 2012 campaign financing. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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- 1.pbs.org — sourcepbs.org · verified
- 2.bbc.co.ukchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: sarkozy+bygmalion · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Sarkozy convicted over illegal 2012 campaign financing. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/sarkozy-convicted-bygmalion-campaign-finance-2021-09-30
https://factrail.ai/facts/sarkozy-convicted-bygmalion-campaign-finance-2021-09-30
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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