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French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen found guilty in embezzlement case
ITV News ^ | March 31 | ITV

Posted on 03/31/2025 2:42:15 AM PDT by RandFan

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right French National Rally party, has been found guilty in an embezzlement case that could see her banned from running for office.

Ms Le Pen and 24 other officials from National Rally were accused of diverting millions of euros from the European Parliament to pay for party staff.

The money was meant to be used to pay for EU aides but instead was used to pay staff working for the French party.

The defendants denied any wrongdoing.

Prosecutors pressed for Ms Le Pen to be banned from running from office for five years, which would rule her out of running in the 2027 presidential race where she would be guaranteed to be one of the favourites to win.

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TOPICS: France; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: considerthesource; deepstate; europeanunion; france; lawfare; marinelepen; nationalrally; notguilty; nwo; sheisbeingframed
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Wow this is shocking to me although the judge has the power to shorten the length of any ban from standing for public office
1 posted on 03/31/2025 2:42:15 AM PDT by RandFan
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"Prosecutors pressed for Ms Le Pen to be banned from running from office for five years,..."

There it is. That's what it's about.

2 posted on 03/31/2025 2:46:16 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: RandFan

Well, the French Left and Center Left have managed to keep Le Pen out of the race at the most crucial period in modern French history.

They took their cues from Biden & Co.

This means now that any opposition to the massive Islamic takeover of France is now over. The Islamicists will lick their chops and begin decimating France - from within.

Au revoir France! Allah Huakbar!


3 posted on 03/31/2025 3:01:06 AM PDT by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.)
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To: Netz

“They took their cues from Biden & Co.”

Also what they did to Bolsonaro in Brazil.


4 posted on 03/31/2025 3:15:16 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: mikey_hates_everything

mirror image, accuse and prevent


5 posted on 03/31/2025 3:16:03 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: RandFan

If she did ideed embezzle the money she shouldn’t run for office.


6 posted on 03/31/2025 3:22:40 AM PDT by MoraBlack
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To: RandFan

Lawfare.


7 posted on 03/31/2025 3:27:58 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: RandFan

The US, Germany, UK, Ireland, Brazil, France, and Romania have all conducted prosecutions of the most serious political leaders. WEF Globalists arresting populists trying to save their traditional country.
It’s remarkable.


8 posted on 03/31/2025 3:32:36 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: RandFan

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
JFK


9 posted on 03/31/2025 3:35:00 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

Where Romania leads, France Follows, or so the EU appears.


10 posted on 03/31/2025 3:36:18 AM PDT by Waverunner
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To: RandFan

The Socialists want to deny the will of the People. That makes them fascists. Trudeau did the same in Canada, locking up freedom movement leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barbour.The Dems tried the same in the USA by turning J6 into a crime when it was not.

The Socialistas are scared to death of populism.And they are scared to death of the People.

In France, the guillotines may re-emerge.

We will fight then all till we emerge victorious.


11 posted on 03/31/2025 3:37:57 AM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: RandFan

Can’t wait until some district court Judge declares Kamila the winner of the 2024 election.


12 posted on 03/31/2025 3:38:06 AM PDT by Waverunner
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To: RandFan

That’s like saying that Biden’s entire staff, the CIA, the DOJ, and all his cronies were illegally paid by the government as they were Democrats working for the Party.


13 posted on 03/31/2025 3:38:08 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Waverunner

I laughed at the comedian clip I saw yesterday when he said, “Replacing Biden with Kamala was like changing your shirt when you crapped in your pants. The smell is still there and you haven’t changed anything.”


14 posted on 03/31/2025 3:41:01 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: MoraBlack

All that happened is that different flunkys (staffers) got paid. Not sure I’d call that “embezzlement.”

Smells to me like Marine LePen is getting the Weissmann treatment.


15 posted on 03/31/2025 3:42:03 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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Europe has gone full on marxist communist, courts everywhere are convicting political opponents to maintain the appropriate leaders in power.

It cannot be said enough, Europe is not an ally of American and has abandoned the values of free western society. Citizens there are serfs granted limited “rights” at the discretion of their bureaucratic royalty.


16 posted on 03/31/2025 3:47:00 AM PDT by Skwor
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> If she did indeed embezzle the money she shouldn’t run for office. <

Good point. But if Europe’s financial laws are as convoluted as ours, it would be almost impossible not to slip up somewhere. Then they got ya.

“Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.”
Lavrentiy Beria

(Or woman in this case.)


17 posted on 03/31/2025 3:55:34 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: RandFan

The Frog leftists are copying the US rats playbook. And their media labels her as a far right, the same label Hitler got.

These Euroweenies better watch it. They just might get their worst nightmare back if they keep ruining Europe. They just might get another Hitler. He could become just as popular (in the beginning) as the first one. The conditions are ripening for such an event.


18 posted on 03/31/2025 3:57:15 AM PDT by redfreedom (Happiness is shopping at Walmart and not hearing Spanish once!)
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To: MoraBlack

They said she paid her French staff, with EU funds.

I don’t believe a word of it. They MUST stop Le Pen from replacing Macron.

Much like our deep state Snakes, but much slimier.


19 posted on 03/31/2025 4:02:42 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: RandFan

The EU has gone full on fascist. Why is America supposed to defend these authoritarians? Leave nato NOW! Close American bases in Europe. Then recruit what’s left of their industrial base into America. End sanctions on Russia and walk away from the Ukraine war which is of no American interest. Ahhh, fresh air. Trump won’t do it because he has too many neocon lunatics in his administration.


20 posted on 03/31/2025 4:03:30 AM PDT by Bull Man
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