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Sarkozy ally Claude Guéant freed from prison following slush fund affair

Lawyers for Claude Géuant argued his health would suffer in prison because he suffers from epilepsy. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Former French interior minister Claude Guéant has been released on parole after serving two months in prison for misuse of public funds in a case that revolved around cash bonuses paid by the ministry.

The 77-year-old, once the right-hand man of former president Nicolas Sarkozy, had been behind bars since 13 December – a first for a former interior minister.

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