article_snippet.sent: Sarkozywas being grilled by judges in a criminal court today  two days after being heralded as the politician to save France from Socialism.
article_snippet.sent: The 60-year-old is facing charges over the funding of Sarkozy failed 2012 bid to retain the presidency of the country.
article_snippet.sent: Images of Sarkozy arriving at a specialist financial court in Paris today are a huge embarrassment for a politician who still thinks Sarkozy can return to power.
article_snippet.sent: Slinking back into public view: Sarkozy is driven to court where Sarkozy faces charges over the funding of Sarkozy failed 2012 bid to retain the presidency of the country - two days after being heralded as France's saviour .
article_snippet.sent: Thierry Herzog, the lawyer of the former French President and current head of the right-wing UMP opposition party, arrives at the Pole Financier headquarters (the fraud section of the courthouse) in Paris .
article_snippet.sent: Not only was Sarkozy roundly beaten by Francois Hollande, Sarkozy detested Socialist rival, but Sarkozy is alleged to have got the right-wing UMP opposition party to pay off Sarkozy personal fine approaching £500,000 for over-spending.
article_snippet.sent: Under French electoral law, Sarkozy should have paid his personal fine approaching £500,000 for over-spending Sarkozy from Sarkozy own funds.
article_snippet.sent: the 2012 campaign has also been alleged that Sarkozy's successful 2007 presidential campaign was funded by millions of pounds worth of illegal cash from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the late Libyan dictator.
article_snippet.sent: Sarkozy denies any wrongdoing in any of the cases against Sarkozy.
article_snippet.sent: Sarkozy refused to speak to reporters before arriving in court at 8am today and is expected to spend most of the day in a closed sitting with judges.
highlights_snippet.sent: Sarkozy faces charges over funding of failed 2012 bid to retain presidency .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: But just days later, Sarkozy is pictured being driven to a financial court hearing .