This Monday, March 1, Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced for corruption to three years in prison, one of which is firm. A conviction that the former president took “with distance and coolness”, assures his entourage in Paris.
A historic condemnation. This Monday March 1st, Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced for corruption in the so-called “eavesdropping” affair to three years in prison, one of which is closed. A real shock for those around him who point in the Parisian “a deliberation that does not correspond to the reality of things“. The former president, who appealed, for his part showed “calm and determined“.
If the former head of state seemed to blame the blow during the announcement of the judgment, his followers assures that it is not. Nicolas Sarkozy “took things with distance and composure“, we let know. And to specify that “the fight is not over“for the former president who intends to fight to the end. Supported by his wife, Carla Bruni, but also by his political family, Nicolas Sarkozy “still believe in it“, confided an LR member to the Assembly at The Dispatch a few hours after his conviction.
“You’ll see, when I’m cleared”
Because if this decision makes it less and less probable a possible return on the political scene, the father of Giulia does not “let go “. While Nicolas Sarkozy has never ceased to proclaim publicly that he has definitively drawn the line on politics, it would be quite different in private. “When he receives people, he says to them: ‘You will see, when I am bleached’ “, explains the source.
And to add: “He sees the political landscape opening up. He feels that faced with the difficulties of the right and those of the president, he could be a recourse“. “As soon as he is done with justice, we will quickly know his intentions“Says another deputy. In the meantime Nicolas Sarkozy will again have to face judges, from March 17, at the trial of the” Bygmalion “case relating to the expenses of his presidential campaign in 2012.
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