French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to be charged for corruption.
He is going on trial accused of corruption and influence-peddling, for allegedly trying to bribe a magistrate in return for information about an investigation into his party finances.
He will be the first ex-president in modern France to appear in the dock. He led France from 2007 to 2012.
There is some procedural uncertainty about this trial, however. Court hearings have been disrupted by the coronavirus crisis and a key figure in the case, former senior judge Gilbert Azibert, is 74 and will not appear in court.
The France Info news website says proceedings will be adjourned on Monday because Azibert has to undergo a medical check. The trial is set to run until 10 December.
The case is linked to a long-running investigation into the right-wing politician’s suspected use of secret donations to fund his 2007 presidential campaign.
The prosecution alleges that Sarkozy and his then lawyer Thierry Herzog sought to bribe Gilbert Azibert with a prestigious job in Monaco in return for information about that investigation.
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