France: Court Ruling Deals Sarkozy a Legal Setback
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Version 0 of 1. France’s highest court ruled Tuesday that judicial phone taps between former President Nicolas Sarkozy and his main lawyer were legal and would be admissible as evidence in an eventual case involving accusations of corruption. Mr. Sarkozy is expected to seek the conservative nomination to run for president again next year, but the ruling paves the way for a trial that could hamper his bid. Mr. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, is under preliminary charges of corruption and influence peddling based on information from judicial phone taps in 2013 and 2014. The court rejected arguments by Mr. Sarkozy’s lawyers that the wiretaps were a breach of lawyer-client privilege. |