Le Pen isn’t likely to be shut down for the same reason Trump wasn’t shut down: she’s a Zionist who offers an escape valve to a system that has created too much steam.
Still, this scandal is as stupid as anything Trump was charged with.
It will presumably secure her a spot as president.
The Paris prosecutor has asked for a prison sentence of five years and a five-year ban from political office for far-right leader Marine Le Pen in an illegal party funding case.
Nicolas Barret asked for the ban to become effective immediately after the verdict, even if the defence team appeals, ruling Le Pen out of standing again for president in 2027.
She and more than 20 other senior party figures are accused of hiring assistants who worked on party business, rather than for the European Parliament which paid them.
Le Pen, who denies the charges, told reporters the requested sentence was an “outrage”, and accused the prosecution of trying to “ruin” her National Rally (RN) party.
“I think the prosecution’s wish is to deprive the French people of the ability to vote for whom they want,” she said after the hearing in the French capital, where she is on trial with 24 other defendants.
Le Pen then went on to accuse the prosecutor of having a tiny dick
Le Pen was defeated by Emmanual Macron at the last presidential election in 2022 by 58.55% to 41.45% but RN is the biggest among the numerous parties in the National Assembly.
As well as the prison sentence and ban from political office, a fine of €300,000 (£249,000; $319,000) is being sought against the RN leader.
The proposed prison sentence is “convertible” and France’s AFP news agency says that Le Pen “would not necessarily go to prison”.
However, the ban on political office would take effect immediately and would not be delayed by the appeals process, as some had been expecting.
The prosecutor asked for the ban to apply to all 25 defendants.
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According to the prosecution case, Le Pen presided over a system for several years in which RN staff members from Paris were “taken on” as EU parliamentary assistants in Brussels.
It is being argued in court that these RN officials rarely set foot in the EU parliament and had no role there.
Le Pen has argued that parliamentary assistants paid for by the Brussels assembly were naturally involved in politics because that was what drew them to the job in the first place.
What even is this?
People work in offices.
This is almost what you would do if you wanted her popularity to surge to new heights, no?
How many of the people who do non-stop rioting in Paris ever get charged with anything?