Mr Sarkozy was quizzed by police at the Nanterre police station, west of Paris, a person with direct knowledge of the case told the Associated Press. Reporters gather outside the police station where Nicolas Sarkozy is being held in Nanterre, outside Paris (Thibault Camus/AP) Mr Sarkozy and his former chief of staff have denied wrongdoing in the case. Investigators are examining claims that Gaddafi’s regime secretly gave Mr Sarkozy 50 million euros overall for the 2007 campaign. Muammar Gaddafi and Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007 (Patrick Hertzog, Pool via AP) He claimed the handovers took place in the interior ministry, while Mr Sarkozy was interior minister. Soon after becoming the French president, Mr Sarkozy invited the Libyan leader to France for a state visit and welcomed him with high honours.

Source: Irish Independent March 20, 2018 08:28 UTC