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Far-right leader Le Pen might struggle to mobilize support by portraying her conviction as the result of an establishment-led witch hunt, experts said.
Marine Le Pen, who was sentenced last week for an embezzlement conviction, held a rally attended by thousands in protest of her sentence on Sunday, claiming that it was politically motivated.
Far-right leaders including Viktor Orban, Matteo Salvini, Geert Wilders and even a spokesperson for Vladimir Putin have rushed to brand Marine Le Pen's conviction for embezzling EU funds to pay ...
A week after Marine Le Pen was found guilty of using European Parliament funds to pay party staff in France, thousands gathered to protest against her ban from running for office.
PARIS – “FREE MARINE LE PEN!” With this blunt call, a strange one in that the French far-right leader is walking the streets of Paris, President Donald Trump has waded into the politics of ...
President Trump on Thursday defended embattled French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, arguing the “witch hunt” against her is yet another instance of critics in Europe using “lawfare” to ...
Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right leader, was sentenced to prison and barred from running for office for five years after a court convicted her of embezzlement.
President Donald Trump expressed support for former French presidential front-runner and National Rally leader Marine Le Pen after she was banned from running in elections and handed a prison ...
President Trump offered support to French far-right leader Marine Le Pen after a Paris court earlier this week convicted her of embezzling European Union funds.
President Trump leapt to the defense of Marine Le Pen on Friday, blasting her embezzlement conviction as "lawfare," and comparing it to his own legal troubles.
Marine Le Pen, presidential candidate and leader of France's right-wing National Rally party, has been barred from standing by the country's judges.
For the better part of a decade Marine Le Pen has worked methodically to transform an extremist, xenophobic fringe movement into a more respectable nationalist party ready to govern. The French ...