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Live: French Court bans far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for office (www.france24.com)

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A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty Monday in an embezzlement case and followed up the verdict with a sentence barring her immediately from running for office for five years. Le Pen abruptly left the Paris courtroom before hearing how long she will be banned from running for public office.

Le Pen and 24 other officials from her National Rally were accused of having used money intended for European Union parliamentary aides to pay staff who worked for the party between 2004 and 2016, in violation of the 27-nation bloc’s regulations. Le Pen and her co-defendants deny wrongdoing.

The biggest concern for Le Pen was that the court may declare her ineligible to run for office preventing her from running for president in 2027 -- a scenario she had described as a “political death.”

The Constitutional Council ruled Friday, in a separate case, that imposing the punishment immediately was constitutional.

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[-] alykanas@slrpnk.net 26 points 7 months ago

A coachable moment for those that think we need to crack down on shoplifters and be tougher on crime.

She’s snaffled 3 million quid and won’t see the inside of a cell.

[-] polakkenak@feddit.dk 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

~~Assuming the verdict stands, she'll be locked away for 2 years and spend another 2 in house arrest~~. I do agree with your point however, justice isn't as blind as it's made out to be.