A French court on Tuesday threw out a plea by Nicolas Sarkozy against the seizure of his diaries by judges probing a corruption case, in what has the potential to harm his chances of a political comeback.
The former French president appears increasingly threatened by a labyrinthine web of graft cases, and Tuesday's ruling is crucial as it paves the way for the potentially compromising diaries to be used against him.
The documents were initially confiscated as part of a probe into allegations Sarkozy took advantage of France's richest woman, 91-year-old Liliane Bettencourt, when she was too frail to know what she was doing in helping fund his successful 2007 election campaign. (the Local)
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