Posted on 07/30/2024 5:48:55 PM PDT by Libloather
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 frontman Mick Jagger as well as Eric Clapton, faces up to 20 years in prison if found guilty, as the charges can carry punishments of up to 10 years each.
According to Le Monde, Bruni-Sarkozy has also been barred by the court from speaking to others involved in the case apart from her husband.
Her lawyer, Paul Mallet, did not return a request for comment Monday.
Other figures have since become embroiled in the scandal, including a businesswoman dubbed “the high priestess of paparazzi” and a Lebanese entrepreneur and arms dealer who is Amal Clooney’s uncle.
The investigation into the campaign finance payments began in 2013, two years after one of Khadafy’s sons, Saif al-Islam, accused Sarkozy of taking millions from his father to finance his presidential campaign.
A year later, French Lebanese businessman and Clooney uncle Ziad Takieddine backed that claim.
Takieddine, 74, told French judges he had proof that Khadafy financed the campaign and that millions more continued to roll into the Elysée Palace after Sarkozy became president.
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Okay, but the 20-year-old Carla who dated Eric Clapton... NOT guilty.
Sounds like Deep State?
A French Soap Opera:
“As The Croissant Turns”
I don’t know how she looks now, but she was hot as hell back in the day. Just gorgeous. I downloaded a couple of her albums, she was quite talented musically.
Not guilty....
Was she in “Midnight in Paris”?
I looked it up. Yes, she was.
I believe so.
What about Macron’s “wife” who is masquerading fraudulently as a woman?
Crazy eyes....
I am probably the only freeper that actually has a relative with that last name...
Semi guilty?
Carla Bruni even transcends not guilty.
Completely innocent.
The Libyan dictator gave a huge amount of money to the leader of France. Now we know why he didn’t allow the bombers to cross over France on their way to Libya.
Are you referring to the US raid on Libya after the discotheque bombing in Berlin? That was carried out in 1986. The French president then was the socialist Francois Mitterand. Definitely venal, but he is in the clear concerning the present investigation. Went to his maker in 1996.
Not possible! Biden was chatting with him just recently!
Did Biden Say He Met with Dead French President Francois Mitterrand?
Regards,
Oh d-mn! Forgot about that! Thanks for reminding me. Maybe I’m getting senile. :-)
“dated” ?
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