Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is facing seven years in prison after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy.
Sarkozy was accused of taking millions of euros from late Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi to help finance his 2007 election campaign.
The 70-year-old, who was president from 2007 to 2012, was charged with "concealing the embezzlement of public funds, passive corruption, illegal campaign financing and criminal conspiracy with a view to committing a crime".
Sarkozy, who has been on trial since January, was acquitted by a Paris court of all charges except criminal conspiracy.
Nicolas Sarkozy was joined by his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy for the verdict of his trial
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He was found guilty of criminal conspiracy between 2005 and 2007.
Sarkozy was joined by his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, for the verdict of his trial today.
The court added that after 2007, he was president and therefore covered by presidential immunity.
Sarkozy had repeatedly denied any guilt and said the case was politically motivated.
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French prosecutors have sought a seven-year sentence for the former president.
The court is yet to announce sentencing.
Despite lingering legal headaches and having his Legion of Honour, France's highest distinction, stripped in June, Sarkozy remains an influential figure on the French political stage.
He recently met with his former protege, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu.
Sarkozy has faced legal battles since leaving office in 2012.
Nicolas Sarkozy was president of France from 2007 to 2012
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Last year, France's highest court upheld his conviction for corruption and influence peddling, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year, a first for a former French head of state.
The tag has since been removed.
Also last year, an appeals court confirmed a separate conviction for illegal campaign financing over his failed re-election bid in 2012.