Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy allegedly undermined judges’ efforts to investigate him by peddling his influence and using informants within the justice system, according to new leaks of recorded telephone conversations.
Investigative news website Mediapart published Tuesday what it said were extracts from wire-tapped conversations between Sarkozy and his lawyer, who at one point refers to two top judges in the city of Bordeaux as "bastards".
Mediapart said Gilbert Azibert, a judge in the court of appeals that was handling the high-profile Bettencourt case, regularly tipped off Sarkozy about its progress.
The leaks also reveal that Sarkozy appeared to have a well-placed mole in a senior position giving him insider information about a probe into alleged campaign contributions in 2007 by former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The mole was asked by Sarkozy’s lawyer to find out when the former president’s office would be searched by police in relation to the Gaddafi case. Read more in News 24
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Investigative news website Mediapart published Tuesday what it said were extracts from wire-tapped conversations between Sarkozy and his lawyer, who at one point refers to two top judges in the city of Bordeaux as "bastards".
Mediapart said Gilbert Azibert, a judge in the court of appeals that was handling the high-profile Bettencourt case, regularly tipped off Sarkozy about its progress.
The leaks also reveal that Sarkozy appeared to have a well-placed mole in a senior position giving him insider information about a probe into alleged campaign contributions in 2007 by former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The mole was asked by Sarkozy’s lawyer to find out when the former president’s office would be searched by police in relation to the Gaddafi case. Read more in News 24
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