World | Nicolas Sarkozy Sarkozy to Strike Back Over Gadhafi Pay Claim Promises to take action by Sunday By Mark Russell Posted Apr 30, 2012 8:52 AM CDT Copied France's President and candidate for re-election in 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy, pauses as he delivers a speech during a campaign meeting in Toulouse, western France, yesterday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) Nicolas Sarkozy says he will take action against a prominent French website that accused him of being offered $66 million from Moammar Gadhafi in 2006 to finance his first presidential run. The AP reports that Mediapart on Saturday claimed to have a Libyan document in hand that verifies the offer. Sarkozy plans to file an official complaint before the end of the current presidential race; France votes on Sunday. The claim against Sarkozy was first made last year by one of Gadhafi's sons, as France pressed for international airstrikes against Gadhafi's forces. Read These Next Trump, Johnson aren't happy with pick for Super Bowl headliner. Feds cite ChatGPT evidence in arrest of Palisades Fire suspect. The Treasury isn't backing down from its Trump coin plan. Felix Baumgartner's death attributed to his own error. Report an error