Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to clear his name on Friday after being charged for allegedly financing his 2007 election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, but said he was "finished" in politics.
"It might take me one, two, 10 years but I'll smash this group [of accusers] and will restore my honor," he said during an emotion-charged prime-time television interview. "I don't plan to give an inch!"
Having already stepped back from a front-line public role in 2016 after he failed with a bid to run again for president, Sarkozy added that for himself "politics is finished."
AFP
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