Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday was sentenced to five years in prison after a Paris court found him guilty of conspiring criminally with Libya over illegal election campaign funding.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday was sentenced to five years in prison after a Paris court found him guilty of conspiring criminally with Libya over illegal election campaign funding.

However, in a major surprise, the judge said that Sarkozy will be imprisoned even if he

appeals.

Sarkozy was found guilty on a key charge of acquiring illegal financing from the then-Libyan government of leader Muammar Gaddafi for his 2007 presidential campaign.

He reportedly took money from Libya in a criminal association plot from 2005 to 2007 to finance his campaigns in exchange for

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