Marine Le Pen’s conviction for embezzlement and five-year ban from public office has the right clutching their pearls. Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, will be prevented from a fourth attempt to become president in 2027, after being convicted of embezzling EU funds.
BREAKING: A French judge has ruled that far-right leader Marine Le Pen is barred from running for public office.
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As well as the five-year ban on standing for public office she has been handed a four-year prison sentence, with two of those years suspended and the other two to be spent wearing an electronic tag.
Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, has been convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 4 years in prison.
She has been barred from running for public office for 5 years.
Bravo, France for doing what the U.S. could not!
— Art Candee (@ArtCandee) March 31, 2025
With Le Pen having been the frontrunner in many polls, certain parties have described the move as political, including Mme. Le Pen, herself.
BREAKING: Russia says that the conviction of Marine Le Pen 'violates democratic norms'
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) March 31, 2025
All of Europe’s pro-russian politicians are out to defend Le Pen pic.twitter.com/GzUHy0fg1w
— Joni Askola (@joni_askola) March 31, 2025
Le Pen gets busted for fraud, and MAGA’s response is to compare France to North Korea? Y’all really hate seeing your heroes face consequences. pic.twitter.com/PnVpzxMKTU
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) March 31, 2025
Right-wing disingenuous pearl-clutching aside, there wasn’t much sympathy for the convicted thief.
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Turns out Le Pen is not mightier than the fraud.
— Paul Sinha (@paulybengali) March 31, 2025
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So… Marine Le Pen was found guilty, and France barred her from running for president. Donald Trump was found guilty, and America elected him.
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) March 31, 2025
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France barred a convicted felon from seeking public office???
What sort of madness is that!
— Covie (@covie_93) March 31, 2025
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Another corrupt right winger…
Who’d have thought it eh??“Marine Le Pen banned from running for French presidency in 2027 and given four-year sentence in embezzlement trial” https://t.co/R07mRpTUJ9
— Carol Vorderman (@carolvorders) March 31, 2025
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Marine Le State Pen.
— Count Binface (@CountBinface) March 31, 2025
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With Marine Le Pen being imprisoned for embezzlement, it almost makes you think the far right are all just crooked self-serving grifters who can’t be trusted. I'm just glad we don’t have anyone like that in this country…
— Parody Keir Starmer (@Parody_PM) March 31, 2025
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Le Pen : Guilty of multiple counts of embezzlement.
Four year prison sentence, 2 years suspended, 2 years on a tag.
Barred from running as Presidential candidate.
Caught, busted, found guilty … and she’s complaining that she is the victim. pic.twitter.com/SgBOytVwZ3
— John O'Connell (@jdpoc) March 31, 2025
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Marine le Pen was convicted of embezzling EU funds and naturally, the normal Russia fluffers and their bot networks are calling it a political witch hunt.
— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) March 31, 2025
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The shocked reaction when fascist Marine Le Pen turns out to also be a fraudster. pic.twitter.com/GIwSLokyKR
— Ben Phillips (@benphillips76) March 31, 2025
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The far-right has been given these lines to be pushed. "She (Marine Le Pen) was the favourite to win.".. "Is this democracy?"
They want you to ignore the fact that she committed a crime.
— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) March 31, 2025
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Marine Le Pen’s first conviction rules out future presidential candidacies.
Donald Trump’s various convictions, 881,776 Covid deaths, armed insurrection & theft of classified documents made him president.
That’s why we can’t have nice things.
— Andrea Junker (@Strandjunker) March 31, 2025