Marine Le Pen hit by shock probe into 2022 presidential campaign funding
France’s far-right chief faces corruption investigation.
The Paris prosecutors’ office opened an investigation into the campaign financing of far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s presidential bid in 2022.
The probe, which follows a preliminary inquiry, was opened last week over suspicions of embezzlement, forgery, fraud and a candidate on an election campaign accepting a loan, the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed to POLITICO.
In 2022, Le Pen — then making her third attempt to win the French presidency as National Rally leader — got 41 percent of the vote in the second round, losing to incumbent President Emmanuel Macron.
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The probe, which follows a preliminary inquiry, was opened last week over suspicions of embezzlement, forgery, fraud and a candidate on an election campaign accepting a loan, the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed to POLITICO.
It follows a report from the national committee scrutinizing campaign spending (the CNCCFP) which alerted the Paris prosecutor’s office.
“I’m very surprised because our campaign expenses were approved in December 2022 and refunded in February 2023,” said an unnamed official from the National Rally, speaking to AFP.
In September, Le Pen is also set to go on trial along with 24 other people over alleged misuse of EU funds, after a seven-year investigation into allegations that the National Rally used public funds, which were meant for EU parliamentary assistants, to pay party staff.
According to Libération, Le Pen herself faces accusations of embezzlement of public funds and risks a fine and up to 10 years in jail.
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The probe, which follows a preliminary inquiry, was opened last week over suspicions of embezzlement, forgery, fraud and a candidate on an election campaign accepting a loan, the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed to POLITICO.
It follows a report from the national committee scrutinizing campaign spending (the CNCCFP) which alerted the Paris prosecutor’s office.
“I’m very surprised because our campaign expenses were approved in December 2022 and refunded in February 2023,” said an unnamed official from the National Rally, speaking to AFP.
In September, Le Pen is also set to go on trial along with 24 other people over alleged misuse of EU funds, after a seven-year investigation into allegations that the National Rally used public funds, which were meant for EU parliamentary assistants, to pay party staff.
According to Libération, Le Pen herself faces accusations of embezzlement of public funds and risks a fine and up to 10 years in jail.
Le Pen’s National Rally was also fined in 2023 for misuse of company assets, following an investigation into the over-billing of party campaign kits during the 2012 parliamentary election.
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in reply to SkybreakerEngineer • • •Meet one of the original devil dogs. He virtually, single handedly, defeated fascism in 1933. Of course it isn't in history books, because the rich control the news.
"....a n organized conspiracy to overthrow the US government but it was not one hatched by a secretive Moscow-directed Communist cell. HUAC’s initial alarm was focused on a plot bankrolled by the owners of major US corporations — including Goodyear, US Steel, JP Morgan, Heinz, and Maxwell House."
Devil Dog: The Amazing True Story of the Man Who Saved America By David Talbot (Simon & Schuster, 2010). Category: Page One from The Berkeley Daily Planet
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in reply to rayyy • • •Holy shit! They tried to get Smedley "I could teach Al Capone a thing or two," Butler to lead the business plot‽‽‽
I'm dying laughing, imagining how that exchange went down.
"You want me to what‽‽‽ Get your ass over here, cause I'm gonna kick it into the ICU!"
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in reply to SkybreakerEngineer • • •They earned that nickname in the battle of Bellau Wood in WWI.
They famously were quoted as saying, "Retreat? Hell, we just got here!"
Here's a fun retelling of Dan Daly and the Devil Dogs
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=neuqN6MgsyI
Ignore his politics, he gets the history correct
The Most Gangster Marine Of All Time - Dan Daly
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En français : « Jouer une note aigre ».
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