French far-right's Le Pen sentenced to prison and banned from office in embezzlement trial
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Le Pen may still appeal the four-year sentence, two years of it suspended, and five-year political ban, which came after she was found guilty of misusing $3 million to pay party staff.

Summary

A French court found far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzling over €3 million in EU funds, potentially ending her 2027 presidential bid.

The judge ruled Le Pen and 24 others misused European Parliament funds between 2004 and 2016 to pay National Rally party staff, calling it a deliberate scheme, not an error.

Prosecutors had sought five years’ prison and a public office ban. Even with an appeal, a provisional execution could bar her candidacy.

  • CosmicTurtle0 [he/him]English
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    11 months ago

    Yeah. It was reconstruction where we never held the south to account for their treasonous actions.

    • Highlybaked@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Giving your enemies a seat at the table was a dumb move, they played the long game and won

      • CosmicTurtle0 [he/him]English
        1·
        11 months ago

        We fucking gave Republicans a seat at the table after the J6 insurrection!

        No one deserves a seat at the very table they are trying to destroy. No one. Every Republican should have been banished at minimum unless they fully cooperated with authorities and condemned the GOP.

        But nooooo…power begets power.