Attempts by the former French president and his supporters to discredit the legal process by which he was sentenced have been irresponsible and unjustified Attempts by the former French president and his supporters to discredit the legal process by which he was sentenced have been irresponsible and unjustified A s he was transported to La Santé prison in Paris on Tuesday, Nicolas Sarkozy posted a message brimming with defiance on X, writing “It’s not a former president of the republic who is