US President Donald Trump has called Marine Le Pen’s recent embezzlement conviction a “witch hunt” and said the charges should be dropped as he, Vice President JD Vance and billionaire Elon Musk line up in support of the French far-right leader.
On Monday, Le Pen, the prominent figurehead of France’s National Rally, was handed a four-year prison sentence – two years suspended, with two to be served under home detention – for misusing European Union funds to pay party officials.
