In an unprecedented event for the French Republic, former President Nicolas Sarkozy has been moved to prison to begin his sentence. The 70-year-old was transferred today to the historic La Santé prison, located south of Paris.
This development makes Sarkozy the first former president in the history of France’s Fifth Republic to face actual incarceration, marking a dramatic moment in the nation’s political history.
As he left his Paris home on Tuesday, Sarkozy waved to a crowd of supporters who had gathered outside.
Sarkozy was convicted and sentenced in Paris for criminal conspiracy, related to a plan to secure illicit funding from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for his successful 2007 presidential campaign.
