On Wednesday, France’s highest court upheld the lower court’s ruling convicting former president Nicolas Sarkozy of corruption.
The Court of Cassation sentenced Sarkozy to wear an electronic bracelet for one year for his conviction of corruption and influence peddling.
The court confirmed the decision Sarkozy appealed, which included a three-year prison sentence, with one year to be served and the remainder substituted with the electronic bracelet.
Additionally, the court barred Sarkozy from running for high office for three years. The “Bismuth” case dates back to 2014, when Sarkozy and his lawyer, Thierry Herzog, bribed a judge to obtain information about ongoing investigations into financial corruption involving Sarkozy’s political party, the Union for a Popular Movement.