Ex-leader set to go free 20 days after beginning 5-year sentence over a scheme to secure campaign funds from Gaddafi's Libya, with appeal meaning he's again presumed innocent

Sarkozy, who led France from 2007 to 2012, was jailed in October after being convicted of conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya.

Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy for his role in securing funding for his 2007 presidential campaign.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, initially jailed for his involvement in a campaign finance scheme, will be released from prison under judicial supervision. Sarkozy, who has denied any wrongdoing,

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be released from his “nightmare” in a French jail just 20 days into a five-year sentence for his role in an alleged electoral funding conspiracy linked to the late Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi’s regime.