Claude Guéant was released from the prison of Health in Paris on Wednesday, according to his lawyer.
The former interior minister was granted parole on Monday and left his cell on Wednesday after two months in prison.
The 77-year-old man was taken into custody on December 13, which was a first for a former tenant from Beauvau.
The justice had estimated that the former right-hand man of Nicolas Sarkozy did not discharge in time the fine and the damages which he had been ordered to pay in 2017 in the case of the cash bonuses of the ministry. inside.
A few days after his incarceration, Claude Guéant had made a request for adjustment of sentence, examined on January 19 by a judge, who had reserved his decision.
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On Monday, the magistrate decided to authorize the release of the former senior state clerk, without an electronic bracelet and this from Wednesday, according to Me Philippe Bouchez El-Ghozi.
