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Thierry Herzog, the lawyer of former French President and current head of the right-wing UMP opposition party Nicolas Sarkozy, leaves the Pole Financier headquarters (the financial section of the Paris courthouse) on April 1, 2015 in Paris, after a hearing over a campaign finance scandal dating back to Sarkozy's failed run for the presidency in 2012. The probe centres on claims the centre-right UMP party should not have paid fines levelled against the former French leader after he broke campaign spending limits. AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)