President Donald Trump expressed support for former French presidential front-runner and National Rally leader Marine Le Pen after she was banned from running in elections and handed a prison sentence.
Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday night saying Le Pen was the victim of a “witch hunt” and that the prominent right-wing figure was a victim of the same persecution that Trump experienced during his career. Le Pen received a four-year prison sentence and a $350,000 fine Monday, which she will serve with a tracker outside of traditional detainment, for misusing $4.8 million in EU funding that was earmarked for assistants in the European Parliament.
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