{{Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is appearing in court to answer questions about suspicions he illegally accepted donations from France’s richest woman to fund his 2007 election campaign.}}<\/p>\n
A judge in Bordeaux on Thursday will decide whether the 57-year-old Conservative will be charged with taking advantage of the 90-year-old L’Oreal heiress, Liliane Bettencourt. <\/p>\n
Sarkozy has consistently denied all allegations.<\/p>\n
Bettencourt’s former accountant told police that she handed over \u20ac150,000 ($192,000) in cash she was told would be passed on to Sarkozy’s campaign treasurer. <\/p>\n
In July, a magistrate ordered the seizure of Sarkozy’s diaries.<\/p>\n
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