The former French president undermined the defense of his close associates Claude Guéant and Brice Hortefeux in an attempt to exonerate himself at his appeal trial.

PARIS: France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy maintained his innocence on Tuesday, telling an appeal hearing in Paris that not a single cent from Libya helped fund his 2007…

'The truth is that there wasn't a single cent of Libyan money in my campaign,' former French president Nicolas Sarkozy told the appeal trial. A lower court in September found him…