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Nicolas Sarkozy 'will face trial for corruption and misuse of influence' Nicolas Sarkozy will face trial for corruption and misuse of influence
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Nicolas Sarkozy, France's former president, will face trial over charges he misused his influence to secure leaked details of an inquiry into alleged irregularities in his 2007 election campaign, Le Monde reported. Nicolas Sarkozy will face trial over charges he misused his influence to secure leaked details of an inquiry into alleged irregularities in his 2007 election campaign.
Earlier this month, Mr Sarkozy was taken into police custody over claims he received millions in euros in illegal election financing from the regime of the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. Earlier this month, the 63-year-old was taken into police custody over claims he received millions in euros in illegal election financing from the regime of the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi.
The case came about after investigators used phone-taps to examine separate allegations Mr Gaddafi funded Mr Sarkozy's campaign and began to suspect he had kept tabs on a separate case through a network of informants. Mr Sarkozy will appeal the decision to send him to court, his lawyers have said.
The case came about after investigators used phone-taps to examine separate allegations Mr Gaddafi funded Mr Sarkozy’s campaign and began to suspect he had kept tabs on a separate case through a network of informants.
The probe is part of a five-year investigation into the funding for his victorious 2007 presidential election campaign.The probe is part of a five-year investigation into the funding for his victorious 2007 presidential election campaign.
More follows It was launched to investigate alleged misuse of power, forgery, abuse of public money, and money laundering.
In 2012, the investigative news website Mediapart published documents sugegsting Libya made cash payments to Mr Sarkozy's campaign of up to (£44m). 
The legal campaign funding limit at the time was €21m (£18m).
The alleged payments would also have violated French rules on foreign financing and declaring the source of campaign funds. 
Mr Sarkozy has always denied receiving any illicit campaign funding and has dismissed the Libyan allegations as "grotesque."