By Gregory Blachier and Gérard Bon PARIS (Reuters) - Former President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday France's justice system was being used for political ends, after he was put under investigation on suspicion of using his influence to gain details of a probe into his 2007 election campaign. The judicial step, which often but not always leads to trial, is a major setback to Sarkozy's hopes of a political comeback after his 2012 defeat by Socialist Francois Hollande. "I say to all those who are listening or watching that I have never betrayed them and have never committed an act against the Republic's principles and the rule of law," Sarkozy said in his first interview since losing the 2012 election. "The situation is sufficiently serious to tell the French people where we stand on the political exploitation of part of the legal system today." In the 17-minute interview on broadcaster TF1's national evening news, a determined and angry Sarkozy launched an attack on the magistrates who had placed him under investigation, saying they had wanted to "humiliate" him.
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