Claude Guéant acquitted by the Court of Appeal of Versailles in the matter of campaign accounts during the 2012 legislative elections

The former Minister of the Interior Claude Guéant was acquitted, on Wednesday, October 2, by the Court of Appeal of Versailles in a case in which he was accused of knowingly undermining his campaign accounts when he was a candidate for deputation in Hauts-de-Seine in 2012. and thus obtained a refund of more than 30,000 euros.

Mr. Guéant, 79, was sentenced to six months in prison in the form of house arrest under electronic monitoring.

A fine of 30,000 euros

The former minister was also sentenced to a ban on practicing any commercial or industrial profession for a period of five years. He also had to pay 30,529 euros “regarding the improper reimbursement of his campaign expenses” to the judicial agent of the State, civil party.

Guéant was convicted on appeal in January 2017 of complicity in embezzlement of public funds and receipt of stolen property in another case: that of cash bonuses from the Ministry of the Interior. He was sentenced to two years in prison, including one year of probation, and a fine of 75,000 euros. Imprisoned on December 13, 2021, he was conditionally released and left the Santé prison, in Paris, on February 9, 2022.