The far-right French politician was a leading candidate to become the country’s next president, but has now been barred from running for public office for five years.

ToplinePresident Donald Trump blamed French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement conviction on a “witch hunt” by “European leftists” in a post on Truth Social, which his ally Elon Musk reposted,

A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years -- a hammer blow to the far-right leader's presidential hopes and an earthquake for French politics.