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Former supermodel Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is the latest person to be dragged into the campaign finance scandal swirling around her husband, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Earlier this month, Bruni-Sarkozy, 56, was charged with fraud and witness tampering related to up to $54 million that former Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy allegedly gave to Sarkozy in illegal campaign contributions for his winning 2007 presidential campaign, according to French newspaper Le Monde. Sarkozy, 69, was president of France between 2007 and 2012. Khadafy was assassinated in Libya in 2011. The former first lady, who is also a singer/songwriter and once dated Rolling Stones...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was placed in custody on Tuesday as part of an investigation into allegations he received millions of euros in illegal campaign financing from the regime of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. A judicial source with direct knowledge of the case told The Associated Press that Sarkozy was being held at the Nanterre police station, north-west of Paris. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. Sarkozy has vehemently and repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the case, which involves funding for his winning 2007 presidential campaign. Though...