By RT International
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been excluded from the prestigious National Order of the Legion of Honor, according to a state decree published on Sunday. The revocation follows a 2022 conviction for corruption and influence peddling.
In 2021, Sarkozy, who led France from 2007 to 2012, was found guilty of attempting to bribe a judge in exchange for confidential information about a separate investigation related to his 2007 presidential campaign.
In 2023, the former president was handed a three-year prison sentence, including two years suspended and the remaining one at home with electronic monitoring. In late 2024, the Court of Cassation, France’s highest court, upheld the sentence that Sarkozy had sought to challenge…
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