JUST IN: Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy Freed From Prison, Pending Appeal

David Gilmour Nov 10th, 2025, 8:29 am

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be freed from Paris’ La Santé prison later on Monday, just three weeks after a judge ordered him to begin serving his sentence.

Sarkozy was imprisoned after his conviction for permitting “close collaborators” and “unofficial intermediaries” to approach dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s regime to “to obtain or try to obtain financial support in Libya for the purpose of securing campaign financing” for his 2007 presidential bid. He was sentenced to five years.

The Court of Appeal granted his request for release on Monday, imposing tight restrictions while his appeal proceeds. It follows the support of pro

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