President Trump has thrown his support behind France’s figurehead Marine Le Pen, saying that her recent conviction for allegations of embezzlement was nothing more than a “witch hunt” meant to prevent her from running for office.

A criminal court in Paris ruled that Marine Le Pen had played a “central role” in a scheme to siphon funds from the European Parliament to finance her far-right National Rally party. Ms. Le Pen has been barred from public office for five years.

A French court has convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years — a hammer blow to the far-right leader’s presidential hopes and an earthquake for F

Judges convicted the far-right leader of misusing EU funds and barred her from running in the 2027 French presidential elections.

The French far-right leader was handed a five-year ban on running for office that will stop her running in the 2027 presidential election after a court found her guilty of embezzling EU funds.

French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement charges in a Paris court on Monday and was handed a sentence that will bar her from the country’s 2027 presidential election.

A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years -- a hammer blow to the far-right leader's presidential hopes and an earthquake for French politics.

Italy's Vice Premier Matteo Salvini expressed solidarity with French far-right leader Marine Le Pen after a court convicted her on Monday for embezzlement, barring her from public office for five years.

Marine Le Pen will file an appeal after a French court found her guilty of embezzlement charges and barred her from running for office for five years, her lawyer Rodolphe Bosselut said on Monday.