Sarkozy, who led France from 2007 to 2012, was jailed in October after being convicted of conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, initially jailed for his involvement in a campaign finance scheme, will be released from prison under judicial supervision. Sarkozy, who has denied any wrongdoing,

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be released from his “nightmare” in a French jail just 20 days into a five-year sentence for his role in an alleged electoral funding conspiracy linked to the late Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi’s regime.

A Paris court granted former French President Nicolas Sarkozy early release from jail on Monday, pending an appeal, just weeks after he started a five-year sentence for conspiring to raise campaign fu

El expresidente francés Nicolas Sarkozy será liberado de prisión bajo supervisión judicial, dice tribunal en París.