Michael Heaver on MSN

france presidential election: marine le pen faces ban?

Marine Le Pen, frontrunner for the French presidential election, may be banned from running for office amid embezzlement ...
Michael Heaver on MSN

marine le pen barred, election controversy in france and romania

Marine Le Pen barred from 2027 French presidential election after graft conviction. Concerns of democracy in France, and a ...

Video. Fact check: Has Marine Le Pen's appeal been denied?

Video. The leader of the National Rally party has vowed to exhaust all legal avenues to overturn her five-year ban from ...
PBS

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from seeking public office for 5 years after embezzlement verdict

PARIS (AP) — 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 ...
THE WEEK

Marine Le Pen: will her conviction fuel the far-right?

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 ...
CBS News

Le Pen supporters rally in Paris after embezzling conviction: "Trump can run — why not Marine?"

Convicted of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, far-right politician Marine Le Pen stood unshaken before a sea of French flags in Paris on Sunday. "For 30 years I have fought ...
NBC News

Le Pen supporters rally in Paris, turning a protest into a populist show of force

Convicted of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, far-right politician Marine Le Pen stood unshaken before a sea of French flags in Paris on Sunday. “For 30 years I have fought ...
The New York Times

Defiant, Le Pen Tells Supporters ‘I Won’t Give Up’ Despite 5-Year Ban

In a speech, Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, cast a judicial decision prohibiting her from running for office as a threat to democracy. By Aurelien Breeden and Catherine Porter Reporting ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

France's far-right supporters rally in Paris against Marine Le Pen's conviction

Supporters of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen are gathering in Paris on Sunday to protest her conviction for embezzlement and a five-year ban on running for office. PARIS — Supporters of French ...
CNN

Marine Le Pen verdict fuels debate that Europe’s ‘rule of law’ is throttling the ‘will of the people’

This week, a French court found far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzling millions of euros of European Union funds and banned her from running for political office for five years – ...
The Spokesman-Review

Trump weighs in, making Marine Le Pen’s case part of the politics of grievance

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 an ally, condemning her conviction this ...
The Hill

Trump calls for Marine Le Pen to be freed

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 quash free ...