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French politician Marine Le Pen and eight other members of her right-wing party were found guilty of embezzling public funds on Monday, and she herself was barred from running for public office.
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France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen has long had a singular ambition: to become France’s next president.
From Christian Science Monitor
Bruno Gollnisch - a former MEP who was a co-defendant alongside Le Pen and was also found guilty - says the ruling goes "against all principles of law".
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