US President Donald Trump has described an eclipse case against Marine Le Pen as a ‘witch hunt’.
This is because the French right -wing leader asked protests over the weekend about her conviction.
Me Le Pen was handed over a ban of five years at the office for the office After a court convicted her and two dozen figures of her party from the National Rally (RN) of EU funds that were darkened.
The conviction will prevent her from running in the presidential election in 2027, where she hoped to withdraw President Emmanuel Macron.
In a truth social post late Thursday, Mr Trump Praised Ms Le Pen, adding: “She suffered losses, but kept going, and now, just before what a big win would be, they get her on a slight charge she probably knew nothing about – sounds like a ‘bookkeeping’ error to me.”
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Marine Le Pen is banned to run to office
Mr. Trump also compared her situation to his own. Mr. Trump was convicted in a New York court Cover the payment of “Hush Money” to a porn starand also faced a number of other charges dropped after his election in 2024.
Ms Le Pen also imposed a four -year sentence, with two years suspended, and two serving with an electronic label. She is not expected to serve any prison sentence.
She also received a fine of € 100,000 (£ 83,635). She will appeal against her conviction, her lawyer Rodolphe Bosselut said later.
In the days after her conviction, Ms. Le Pen and her allies attacked the ‘tyranny of judges’ and accused her trial judges of interfering in democracy.
The Chief Justice has since had to have police protection after death threats, which according to Mr. Macron is ‘unbearable and unbearable’.
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Marine Le Pen leaves the Rechts Building on the day of her hearing. Photo: Reuters
Ms Le Pen asked a peaceful mass protest in Paris on Sunday, giving an indication of how much popular support there is for her claims on a democratic crisis.
However, investigations indicate that a majority of French people see no problem with the court decision.
Poll Gael Sliman said: “They can’t go too far to attack judges, especially if they want to broaden their appeal. Some of their voters are not anti-establishment.”
“You can’t steal about $ 4 million from people. The verdict was fair,” said Francoise Bellis, a 77-year-old Toulon pensioner. She laughed when she heard that Russia said the verdict had killed “democracy” in France.
“It’s really the pot the kettle calls black,” she added.
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