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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has begun his five-year prison sentence after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy

Sarkozy was accused of using illegal funds from Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 election campaign

Ahead of arriving at at La Santé Prison in Paris on Tuesday, Oct. 21, the politician released a statement on social media and called himself an "innocent person"

Nicolas Sarkozy has begun his five-year prison sentence.

On Tuesday, Oct. 21, the former President of France, who served from 2007 to 2012, arrived at La Santé Prison in Paris after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with illegal funds obtained by Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi, according to BBC News and the Associat

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