Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on Monday accused of trying to bribe a judge and of influence-peddling. Prosecutors allege Sarkozy offered to secure a plum job in Monaco for judge Gilbert Azibert in return for confidential information about an inquiry into claims that Sarkozy had accepted illegal payments from L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt for his 2007 presidential campaign.November 23, 2020 at 08:30AM
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