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Marine Le Pen has been convicted and sentenced to four years by corrupt French court system

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Mar 31, 2025
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We have huge breaking news out of France today.

Marine Le Pen was banned from seeking public office for five years, a French court ruled after the right-wing leader was found guilty of embezzlement by a criminal court.

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The news means Le Pen, the current frontrunner in the 2027 presidential election, cannot run unless she successfully appeals.

According to the New York Times, Le Pen has denied any wrongdoing in the case, which involved accusations that her party, the National Rally, illegally used several million euros in European Parliament funds for expenses between 2004 and 2016.

The court also sentenced Le Pen, 56, to four years in prison, with two of those years suspended. The court said the other two of those years could be served under a form of house arrest. She was fined 100,000 euros, or about $108,000.

Le Pen’s electoral ineligibility is effec…

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