A Paris court has granted former French President Nicolas Sarkozy his freedom after another court convicted him in September of criminal conspiracy.

Sarkozy was seen stepping out of his car and into his home on Monday after a 20-day prison stint.

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He told the court virtually that the time behind bars had been “very hard.”

“I had never imagined I would experience prison at 70. This ordeal was imposed on me, and I lived through it. It’s hard, very hard,” he said. He credited prison staff, who he said exhibited “an exceptional humanity which made this nightmar

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