France’s top appeals court on Wednesday ruled in a case of alleged illegal campaign financing against former president Nicolas Sarkozy — his last chance to escape adding a second definitive conviction to his growing rap sheet.
The Court of Cassation in Paris will rule on whether a lower court was right to convict him of illegal financing in his failed 2012 re-election campaign.
If it upholds Sarkozy’s conviction, he will serve a six-month term, possibly with an electronic bracelet.
Sarkozy, a one-term president from 2007-2012, has faced a series of legal challenges since leaving office.