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.
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!”