Key Gaddafi aides add new evidence in Sarkozy funding investigation

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Bashir Saleh, the former chief of staff to the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has given a statement to the public prosecution services of Libya’s internationally recognised Government of National Unity saying that he was informed how Nicolas Sarkozy directly asked Gaddafi for “help” with his 2007 presidential election campaign. The prosecutors have also obtained a detailed statement from Gaddafi’s personal secretary, Ahmed Ramadan, on precisely how the regime allegedly financed Sarkozy’s bid. In this second part of a series of three reports, Fabrice Arfi and Karl Laske report on the latest developments in the French judicial investigation into the suspected illegal funding.

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The former chief of staff of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has given a legal statement describing how he was informed that Nicolas Sarkozy directly asked Gaddafi for “help” with his 2007 presidential election campaign, Mediapart can reveal.