Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s verdict, in bribery and influence-peddling trial, is expected later today. The prosecutors are calling for him to be sent to prison for at least two years if found guilty. He is accused of trying, with the help of his legal adviser in 2014, to learn investigative secrets from Gilbert Azibert, then an advocate general at the Court of Cassation, regarding a separate investigation concerning campaign financing. In return, the ex-president is said to have offered to support the lawyer in applying for a post in…
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