MAGA Rages After Far-Right Leader Marine Le Pen Jailed and Banned From Running for President

[Eugene]

MAGA Rages After Far-Right Leader Jailed and Banned From Running for President (The Daily Beast)

Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzling millions from the European Parliament.

MAGA influencers used a guilty verdict against a French far-right leader Monday as evidence of Europe’s anti-democratic tendencies, claiming Marine Le Pen was only targeted due to her views.

Le Pen has been jailed for four years and banned from standing for office after a court found her guilty of embezzling millions of euros from the European Parliament.

Le Pen, one of the frontrunners for the French presidency in 2027, stormed out of the courtroom as a judge fined her about $108,000 and handed her an immediate five-year ban from public office, effectively ending her presidential ambitions.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-rages-after-marine-le-pen-jailed-and-banned-from-running-for-president/

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How long will it take for the Rump gang to start threatening France over this?

[D_Master81]

1. Imagine that

Countries willing to deal with this movement are countries that will maintain their democracy. Unfortunately the United States is not willing

[B.See]

2. CRIMINALITY, GRIFT, and ABSOLUTE RULE

are at the heart of fascism. And HATE is the means by which they accomplish it.

Europe has learned the lesson of abiding by NAZIS. A lesson America has yet to learn.

[Jit423]

3. Extortion and embezzlement are a way of life for the ultra fascist RW political leaders of the world.

In America just add exclusion to the list and you the triple E party or E cubed.

[electric_blue68]

4. Some Good News!

[moondust]

5. She'll appeal.

I don't know the reputation of the French courts but they have convicted other politicians like Sarkozy. I don't recall Orban, Geert Wilders, or others screeching "miscarriage of justice" over Sarkozy. Indicted coup plotter Bolsonaro calls it "judicial activism." Maybe the wackos are following the lead of TSF in attacking the courts.
???

[Mountainguy]

6. She will, but

The bar from running will remain in place during the appeal. The timeframe of an appeal make it highly unlikely that she could be reinstated in time to mount a run.


Good quote from one article I saw from BBC.

The law had in fact recently been toughened – by the very politicians who were now complaining about its application – to make the penalty for misuse of public funds very severe indeed. Well, said the judge in so many words, now let politicians suck up their own medicine.

[moondust]

7. Interesting.

You'd think the politicians who were misusing public funds would know better than to help make the penalties for it more severe.

[sakabatou]

8. Someone call a waaaaahmbulence!

[orangecrush]

9. Good

[AntiFascist]

10. Criminals should not be allowed to become president...

otherwise, they will try to embezzle funds, as we see happening with Musk.

[GaYellowDawg]

11. Fuck MAGA, and vive la France.

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