DEMOCRACY™ SAVED!!
A French judge just sentenced the frontrunner for the French presidential election, right-wing Marine Le Pen, to four years in prison and banned her from running in the next election.
From the AP:
Only an appeal ruling that overturns the ban on public office could restore her hopes of running. But with the election just two years away, time is running out and there's no guarantee that an appeals court would rule more favorably. Appeals in France can take several years to conclude.
The verdict was a resounding defeat for Le Pen's National Rally party, formerly the National Front.
She and 24 other party officials were accused of having used money intended for European Union parliamentary aides to instead pay staff who worked for the party between 2004 and 2016, violating the 27-nation bloc's regulations.
Some more thoughts:
The fact that this kind of lawfare is being used to take out right-wing politicians across the Western world makes ya think, huh?
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