PARIS (AP) – France’s top court on Wednesday upheld Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for illegal campaign financing of his reelection bid in 2012 in another blow to France’s former president’s legacy and reputation.
The decision by the Court of Cassation makes definitive Sarkozy’s conviction to a year in prison, half of it suspended, for fraudulently overspending on the failed campaign.
The court found that two of Sarkozy’s closest associates held secret meetings in 2005 with Abdullah al-Senoussi, the brother-in-law and intelligence chief of longtime Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi.
Gadhafi was toppled and killed in an uprising in 2011, ending his…
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