WATCH ex-French president head to prison
Footage has appeared showing former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni holding hands while walking to a car that will take him to Paris’ La Sante prison, where he will start a five-year sentence on Tuesday.
Sarkozy, who led France between 2007 and 2012, was convicted by a Paris court last month over a 2005 plot to obtain secret campaign funds from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, against whom he led a NATO-backed regime change operation that destroyed the country.
A crowd of supporters applauded and chanted “Nicolas, Nicolas” as the 70-year-old hugged his spouse and got into the black vehicle.
The former president, who denies any wrongdoing, issued a statement on X later on Tuesday, claiming that the case against him had been launched based on a forged document and vowing “to continue to expose this legal scandal.”
