Paris, Nov. 27 -- France's highest court on Wednesday upheld the guilty verdict against former President Nicolas Sarkozy for a 2012 campaign financing case.
According to prosecutors, during the 2012 presidential election campaign, Sarkozy's team spent nearly 43 million euros (almost 50 million U.S. dollars) in campaign funds, far exceeding the legal limit of 22.5 million euros, and used methods such as falsifying accounts to conceal the excess spending.
In September 2021, Sarkozy was found guilty in the first trial and immediately appealed. In February last year, the Court of Appeal of Paris upheld the conviction for illegal campaign funding, sentencing Sarkozy to one year in prison, including six months suspended and six months to be ser...