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Nicolas Sarkozy investigated over France campaign funds | |
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French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been placed under formal investigation in a probe into his campaign funding, prosecutors say. | |
It relates to spending in his unsuccessful 2012 bid for re-election when his campaign costs were more than twice the legal limit. | |
Mr Sarkozy, 61, was questioned all day on Tuesday by magistrates before being informed he was under investigation. | |
He has repeatedly denied knowledge of the overspending. | |
He has said he was not involved in the details of his campaign finance. | |
Judges are investigating claims that the party faked invoices worth 10m euros (£7.8m; $11.1m) during the 2012 presidential campaign to cover increasing costs. | |
Mr Sarkozy is the head of France's centre-right Les Republicains political party (previously the UMP) and was the president of France from 2007 to 2012. |