Nicolas Sarkozy, then the president of France, with Libya’s then-leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, in 2007. Mr. Sarkozy was elected earlier that year and served until 2012.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is facing serious legal trouble. French prosecutors have asked a court to sentence him to seven years in prison. They also want him to pay a fine of € ...

PARIS (AP) — The monthslong trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign is shedding light on France's back-channel talks ...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial on Monday, on charges of having received millions of euros in illegal financing from Libya’s late strongman Moammar Gadhafi for his ...

A trial has opened of France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vigorously denounced receiving any money from Muammar Gadhafi at a Paris trial over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by ...

The Libya case is sprawling, convoluted and explosive, involving accusations that Mr. Sarkozy’s campaign illegally accepted funding from Mr. el-Qaddafi, the former Libyan strongman who was ...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, greets Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace, Dec. 10, 2007, in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) MARSEILLE, France (CN) ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial in Paris, accused of taking millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 ...

France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.