article_snippet.sent: But France's ruling Socialists under Francois Hollande (pictured) former lieutenant Jean-François Cope has already been charged in the funding case and Sarkozy could suffer the same fate today.
article_snippet.sent: It will add to a long list of corruption scandals, which started for Sarkozy as soon as his former lieutenant Jean-François Cope lost his former lieutenant Jean-François Cope presidential immunity from prosecution.
article_snippet.sent: Within days of leaving the Elysee Palace in 2012, the Paris home his former lieutenant Jean-François Cope shares with his former lieutenant Jean-François Cope third wife, former supermodel Carla Bruni, was raided by police.
article_snippet.sent: his former lieutenant Jean-François Cope is facing criminal charges in numerous cases, including an investigation into more than £15million of false billing by Bygmalion, an events-organising company, during the 2012 campaign.