Nicolas Sarközy dismisses wiretaps as ‘chatter’ during trial
The former French president has been charged with illegally exceeded campaign-spending limits, which he denies
08 December 2020 - 13:37
Paris — Nicolas Sarközy dismissed police wiretaps of his secret conversations as “chatter” at a Paris trial where he became the first former French president to be cross-examined in a criminal case.
Sarközy, who is accused of offering to pull strings to help a court official land a job in exchange for his assistance, told presiding judge Christine Mée that he “never committed any act of corruption, ever”...
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