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Trump calls for Marine Le Pen to be freed

  • U.S. President Donald Trump expressed support for Marine Le Pen after she was convicted of embezzling European Union funds and banned from holding office for five years.
  • Le Pen received a four-year prison sentence with two years suspended and was fined €100,000 after the court ruling, which has caused turmoil in French politics.
  • Trump labeled the charges against Le Pen as a 'Witch Hunt' on Truth Social, drawing parallels to his own legal troubles and criticizing the ruling as politically motivated.
  • The judge in Le Pen's case described her actions as a 'serious and lasting attack on the rules of democratic life in Europe,' highlighting the political implications of the ruling.
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