France's Nicolas Sarkozy faces jail term in campaign financing trial June 22, 2021 at 12:34AM

Sarkozy, France's president from 2007 to 2012, denies wrongdoing. He is accused of having spent almost twice the maximum legal amount of 22.5 million euros ($ 27.5 million) on the re-election bid that he lost to Socialist Francois Hollande.