France’s Marine Le Pen found guilty in graft trial, awaits decision on ban from politics
Le Pen, others, found guilty of misusing EU fundsRuling will be key for 2027 presidential electionLe Pen is front-runner in opinion polls
Marine Le Pen arrives at a Paris court expected to deliver a verdict in an embezzlement case that could derail her career (Thibault Camus/AP)
A French court found far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty on Monday of misappropriating EU funds and the sentencing expected shortly could see her barred from the 2027 presidential race, upending politics in France.
Issuing the guilty verdict, judge Benedicte de Perthuis said Le Pen and other defendants deserved an immediate ban from office, but she had not yet read out Le Pen’s sentence.
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