Wiretapping case: Nicolas Sarkozy has always claimed his innocence

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Nicolas Sarkozy will be fixed during the day of Wednesday, May 17 on the so-called “wiretapping” affair. The Paris Court of Appeal will render its decision concerning the former President, who has always claimed his innocence, his lawyer Thierry Herzog and the magistrate Gilbert Azibert, as journalist Sophie Neumayer explains, live from the courthouse in the capital.

The Paris Court of Appeal will render its decision concerning the former President of the Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, in the so-called “wiretapping” case, Wednesday May 17. Journalist Sophie Neumayer, live from the Paris courthouse, explains that“At first instance, he was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, one of which was firm, for corruption and influence peddling. The former President denied having wanted to corrupt the magistrate Gilbert Azibert, helped by his lawyer Thierry Herzog. He has always maintained his innocence. He did it again during the appeal trial..

Three years imprisonment required

“The public prosecutor’s office has requested three years of imprisonment fully suspended, as well as five years of deprivation of civic rights. So what will the Court’s decision be? Nicolas Sarkozy will be fixed on his fate in an hour”explains journalist Sophie Neumayer.


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