French former President Nicolas Sarkozy to go on trial over Libya financing for 2007 campaign

PARIS (AP) — French investigative magistrates have ordered former president Nicolas Sarkozy and 12 others to go on trial on charges that his 2007 presidential campaign received millions in illegal financing from the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The national financial prosecutor announced that the decade-long investigation has been formally closed. The case is the biggest and most shocking of multiple corruption investigations involving Sarkozy. In the Libya case, Sarkozy is charged with illegal campaign financing, embezzling, passive corruption and related counts. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking hereIf you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here.