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She was banned from running for five years and she was the leading candidate. That sounds like this country, that sounds very much like this country,
Trump said, describing the court ruling as "a very big deal."
It is all so bad for France,
Trump said in his post
I don’t know Marine Le Pen, but do appreciate how hard she worked for so many years. She suffered losses, but kept on going, and now, just before what would be a Big Victory, they get her on a minor charge that she probably knew nothing about — Sounds like a ‘bookkeeping’ error to me,
said Trump
It is the same ‘playbook’ that was used against me by a group of Lunatics and Losers, like Norm Eisen, Andrew Weissmann, and Lisa Monaco,
said Trump, calling out some of the prosecutors that worked on cases against him over the yearsI have absolutely no sense of having committed the slightest irregularity, or the slightest illegal act.”
She told the court
They spent the last nine years thinking of nothing else, and they FAILED, because the People of the United States realized that they were only Corrupt Lawyers and Politicians,
Trump wrote
I don't know the merits of the accusations against Marine Le Pen, or the reasons for such a strong decision,
Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy party, told Il Messaggero
Justice is not political, this is not a political decision but a legal one, delivered by three independent, impartial judges
Remy Heitz told RTL radio station.jpg)
More and more European capitals are going down the path of trampling over democratic norms
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling reportersThe Witch Hunt against Marine Le Pen is another example of European Leftists using Lawfare to silence Free Speech, and censor their Political Opponent, this time going so far as to put that Opponent in prison,
said Trump
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When the radical left can’t win via democratic vote, they abuse the legal system to jail their opponents.”
Trump’s sentiment echoes that of his top advisor Elon Musk who also publicly decried Le Pen’s sentence earlier this week, writing on his platform XI don't like the fact she's attacking judges,
he said, underlining the challenges Le Pen faces winning over supporters who, for all their backing for her disruptive party, are not against the courts
You can't steal 4 million euros like that from people. The verdict was fair,
Francoise Bellis, a 77-year old pensioner, saidThe RN's point doesn't fly with the wider public opinion,
Odoxa's Gael Sliman told ReutersThe people in Toulon are going to think twice before giving their vote to the RN now,
said Eddie Goujit, a young entrepreneur who has launched a long-shot bid for mayorShe's not above the law,
the 72-year old said - ... an ominous message for Le Pen and her political prospects that was echoed by others in the sun-baked, immigrant-rich port city of Toulon where the far-right has traditionally prosperedThe political world is scared of her. But fingers crossed the young Bardella will replace her."
But she