Nicolas Sarkozy had a secret meeting with a billionaire backer to illegally ‘ask for money’ just a few months before he was elected as French president, new evidence suggests.
In the latest ‘bombshell’ revelation which could end up in a criminal enquiry, Mr Sarkozy is said to have accepted brown envelopes full of cash from Andre Bettencourt, the late L’Oreal boss.
A diary entry made by Mr Bettencourt’s widow, Liliane Bettencourt, suggests [...]
