Sarkozy loses legal case against Mediapart over Libyan funding scandal document
Two French judges have found there are no grounds for challenging the authenticity of an official Libyan document revealed by Mediapart in 2012 and which declares that the Gaddafi regime had agreed to fund Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential election campaign to the sum of 50 million euros. The magistrates, in charge of an investigation prompted by a lawsuit launched by Sarkozy against Mediapart for “forgery” and “use of forgery”, have thrown out the case after years of thorough expert appraisals of the document and witness statements. Mediapart’s editor-in-chief Edwy Plenel details the judgment and the background to the case.
FourFour years of investigations, beginning with a preliminary investigation by the Paris public prosecutor’s office, followed by a judicial investigation led by two magistrates, have now concluded that nothing calls into doubt the authenticity of a Libyan document revealed by Mediapart which details an agreement by the Gaddafi regime to fund Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 election campaign to the sum of 50 million euros.
