Sarkozy blasts trial for lack of evidence
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i stand accused without any tangible evidence through comments made by mr kadhafi his son his nephew his cousin his spokesman his former prime minister he added1 former french president nicolas sarkozy blasted what he said was a lack of evidence for the corruption charges against him1 in his court statement published thursday morning after he was charged in one of frances most explosive political scandals in years the 63-year-old rightwinger said he had been in living hell since the allegations first emerged in 20111 demanding he be treated as a witness rather than a suspect he urged magistrates to consider the violence of the injustice if it was proven as he claims that the accusations are a manipulation by the dictator kadhafi or his gang1 in the 24 hours of my detention i have tried with all my might to show that the serious corroborating evidence required to charge someone did not exist sarkozy said in his statement1 he is being accused that late libyan dictator moamer kadhafi funded his 2007 election campaign1 judges decided they had enough evidence to charge the combative one-term president wednesday after five years of investigation and two days of questioning in police custody1 sarkozy who served from 2007-2012 was charged with corruption illegal campaign financing and concealment of libyan public money1 ive been living the hell of this slander since march 11 2011 when kadhafi first made the allegations sarkozy said1 and he lashed out at franco-lebanese businessman ziad takieddine who claims to have delivered three cash-stuffed suitcases from kadhafi in 2006 and 2007 when sarkozy was preparing his first run for president1 takieddine who claimed he provided 1.5 to 2 million euros 2.5 million in 200-euro and 500-euro notes has highly suspect characteristics and the questionable past sarkozy retorted. afp1