00:00French prosecutors in Paris on Wednesday requested a seven-year prison sentence for former President Nicolas Sarkozy
00:06during his appeal trial over allegations of illegal Libyan financing tied to his 2007 presidential campaign.
00:15The former French leader, who served from 2007 to 2012, was sentenced last year to five years in prison in
00:23the first trial
00:24and became the first former French president to serve time behind bars, spending 20 days in detention before being released
00:32pending appeal.
00:34Sarkozy has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing, insisting that not one cent of Libyan money funded his campaign.
00:41The prosecution is now asking the Paris Appeals Court to convict Sarkozy on all charges, including corruption, illegal campaign financing
00:50and concealment of Libyan public funds.
00:53Prosecutors accused Sarkozy of being the instigator of a corruption pact with the regime of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi
01:01allegedly aimed at securing secret campaign funds in exchange of political favors.
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