Former president of France questioned over allegations of influence-peddling related to country's highest court, in one of a string of scandals that could derail his political comeback.
Source/Credit: The Telegraph | UK
By Rory Mulholland | July 1, 2014
Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former French head of state to be held in police custody on Tuesday when he turned himself in for questioning in a corruption probe that could torpedo his hopes of making a political comeback.
His allies quickly accused the Socialist government of President François Hollande of conducting a witch hunt against the politician many on the right hope will run again for the presidency in 2017.
Mr Sarkozy turned up early on Tuesday in a black saloon car with tinted windows to be quizzed by investigators at their offices in Nanterre, west of Paris, in one of a raft of corruption probes embroiling him since he was defeated by Mr Hollande in 2012.
The interrogation, which can last up to 48 hours before he must be released or charged, followed the arrest on Monday of Mr Sarkozy's lawyer and two senior judges who are under investigation for allegedly trying to obtain information about legal cases against the ex-president.
Police are trying to establish whether Mr Sarkozy promised a plum job in Monaco to a judge in return for letting him know whether corruption allegations against him - regarding irregularities in his victorious 2007 election campaign - would go to court.
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