Former French President Sarkozy Convicted in Corruption Trial

PARIS—Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was uncovered responsible Monday of hoping to bribe a justice of the peace, turning out to be the very first president in the heritage of France’s publish-Environment War II republic to deal with jail time.

A Paris court docket convicted Mr. Sarkozy on prices of impact-peddling and corruption, sentencing him to a few years in jail for providing to aid a justice of the peace land a plum situation in Monaco in trade for private information and facts about an inquiry into the funds of his 2007 presidential marketing campaign.

The court docket suspended two of the a few years of Mr. Sarkozy’s jail sentence. Below French legislation, he is not needed to serve any jail time right up until the appeals process is fatigued.

Mr. Sarkozy “used his status as a previous president and the political and diplomatic interactions he designed when in ability to reward a justice of the peace who served his personal passions,” the judges wrote in their ruling.

Mr. Sarkozy remaining the courtroom without having creating a statement. A attorney for Mr. Sarkozy did not instantly react to a request for comment.