Claude Guéant given suspended prison sentence and fined after taking cash funds intended for police investigations Nicolas Sarkozys former aide Claude Guéant has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence and barred from public office for five years for awarding himself envelopes of cash from police funds.
The verdict throws another highlight on the probity of officials and politicians during Sarkozy’s time in the highest offices of state. Sarkozy,who heads the rightwing opposition party Les Républicains, hopes to win back the presidency in 2017 and is preparing for a primary race next year. Several legal inquiries into his time in office and into senior figures around him persist. He denies any wrongdoing.
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Source: theguardian.com