Donald Trump has demanded that France “free” far-right leader Marine Le Pen as he labelled her ban from running for office a “witch hunt”.
Le Pen was found guilty of embezzling EU funds to pay party staff in a court ruling in Paris earlier this week. The National Rally leader, once a frontrunner in the polls for France’s 2027 presidential election, has now been banned from standing – having been handed a four-year prison sentence, two years of which will be served under house arrest and the other two suspended. Le Pen denied all the charges against her.
