Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives with his lawyer Jacqueline Laffont to attend his trial on charges of corruption and influence peddling, at Paris courthouse, France, November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy briefly appeared in court on Monday to face trial on corruption accusations before judges suspended the hearings until Nov. 26 to assess the health of one of his co-defendants.
Prosecutors allege Sarkozy offered to secure a plum job in Monaco for judge Gilbert Azibert in return for confidential information about an inquiry into allegations that Sarkozy had accepted illegal payments from the late L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt for his 2007 presidential campaign.
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