Summary
A French court found far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzling over €3 million in EU funds, potentially ending her 2027 presidential bid.
The judge ruled Le Pen and 24 others misused European Parliament funds between 2004 and 2016 to pay National Rally party staff, calling it a deliberate scheme, not an error.
Prosecutors had sought five years’ prison and a public office ban. Even with an appeal, a provisional execution could bar her candidacy.
Could someone tell me how she was able to walk out of the court having been sentenced to prison?
The prison sentence kicks in after appeals have been made. 2 years, plus 2 suspended.
It’s also not unknown/uncommon for people to be let free for a few days. It lets them put their affairs in order, before serving their time. It tends to be applied to those with a very low flight risk however, with significant affairs, so mainly the rich.
Thank you.
She’s not going to prison. Just electronic bracelet. And that’s assuming appeals don’t work.
Is that house arrest?
Pretty common deal if the conviction wasn’t for violence. Meth head and his wife down the road were sentenced and had a month or two to gut their rental trailer and sell the parts off. LOL, they fucking sold the floorboards. Got some good gardening stuff off him though!