Far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she'll run for the French presidency next year despite being sentenced Tuesday to wear a court-ordered electronic monitor for embezzlement.
State of the Union: Her decision comes after a verdict in a long-running embezzlement case. The post Marine Le Pen Announces Bid for French Presidency appeared first on The American Conservative .
Marine Le Pen, the head of France’s right-wing National Rally party, said Tuesday she would run for president of France in 2027. The announcement followed a closely-watched court ruling that, although it upheld Le Pen’s earlier conviction for embezzlement, did not bar her from running in next year’s election. “I am a candidate for president tonight,” Le Pen told French news channel TF1. Le Pen had been found guilty of using EU money, meant to support parliamentary assistants in Brussels, to instead pay party staffers working on domestic French politics. Although Tuesday’s ruling did not overturn the original conviction, it reduced what had been a five-year ban on holding political office to 15 months, clearing the…Open
A French court's decision to reduce Marine Le Pen's sentence and ineligibility period could allow her to run for the presidency in 2027, but she may decline to do so due to a requirement that she must wear a tag.
A French court’s decision to reduce Marine Le Pen’s sentence and ineligibility period could allow her to run for the presidency in 2027, but she may decline to do so due to a requirement that she must wear a tag. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A French appeals court has ruled that Marine Le Pen will be eligible to run in France’s 2027 presidential election after reducing her sentence in a European Parliament embezzlement case, though the conditions of her conviction could still keep her out of the race. DETAIL: The court sentenced Le Pen to three years in prison, with two years suspended, and ordered her to wear an electronic monitoring tag for one year, while also reducing her ban from holding public office to 45 months, with 30…Open
A court will decide on Tuesday whether to uphold Ms. Le Pen’s embezzlement conviction. If it does, the far-right leader will probably be barred from running for the presidency next year.
The Paris appeal court's decision on whether French populist leader Marine Le Pen can run for the presidency in 2027 is set for Tuesday.
The Paris appeal court’s decision on whether French populist leader Marine Le Pen can run for the presidency in 2027 is set for Tuesday. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s National Rally (RN) party, is awaiting a Paris appeal court decision on whether her dubious 2025 conviction for embezzlement will be upheld. The conviction barred her from running in the 2027 presidential election, and the appeal will decide whether or not she can stand. DETAIL: Le Pen was convicted in 2025 of supposedly misusing €1.4 million in European Parliament funds to pay party employees rather than parliamentary aides, resulting in a five-year ban from public office and a four-year jail sentence. The decision was highly…Open
Peter Murrell, the husband of the former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon, was sentenced on Tuesday after he admitted to buying a bizarre range of items with the Scottish National Party’s money.
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A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, who previously held top secret security clearance, has been arrested after hundreds of gold bars were found in his Virginia home.
A former Central Intelligence Agency officer with top secret security clearance has been charged with theft of public money after roughly 300 gold bars were found at his home. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: Last week on Tuesday, David Rush was arrested on charges of criminal theft of public money . According to reports, Rush previously held a senior executive position in the CIA, and issued multiple requests “to obtain a significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses” between November 2025 and March 2026. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) discovered 303 gold bars, each weighing around one kilogram, with a total combined worth of more than $40m at…Open
The Justice Department has recovered another $6 million following continuous investigation into the multibillion dollar, international money laundering and embezzlement scandal with 1MDB in the early 2010s.
Peter Murrell, the SNP luminary’s estranged husband, pled guilty to embezzling party funds at grand scale. The post Scotland’s Sturgeon Snared in Spendthrift Spouse’s Sleazy Scheme appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Scotland’s Sturgeon Snared in Spendthrift Spouse’s Sleazy Scheme Peter Murrell, the SNP luminary’s estranged husband, pled guilty to embezzling party funds at grand scale. UK Special Coverage (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) “Farthest fall the virtuous with feet of clay.” The nationalist former first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, and her husband, Scottish National Party CEO Peter Murrell, dominated Scottish politics for a decade and arguably came close to breaking up Britain. Their project ended in ignominy Monday, as Murrell was led in handcuffs from the High Court of…Open