President Donald Trump has sharply criticized the conviction of French conservative leader Marine Le Pen for embezzlement, calling it a politically motivated “witch hunt” aimed at silencing her and other voices on the right.
Trump, who has long been a target of similar politically charged investigations by the Democrats, expressed solidarity with Le Pen, arguing that the charges against her were an attempt to undermine her political career and intimidate patriotic leaders.
Vice President JD Vance echoed the president, condemning the decision to bar Le Pen from running for office as a blatant assault on democracy, insisting that such actions only serve to discredit the political process and further alienate voters who feel their voices are being drowned out by the political elite.
“The Witch Hunt against Marine Le Pen is another example of European Leftists using Lawfare to silence Free Speech and censor their Political Opponent, this time going so far as to put that Opponent in prison,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.
“It is the same ‘playbook’ that was used against me by a group of Lunatics and Losers, like Norm Eisen, Andrew Weissmann, and Lisa Monaco,” he added, referring to prosecutors who worked on an investigation into Russian interference during the 2016 election. “They spent the last nine years thinking of nothing else, and they FAILED because the People of the United States realized that they were only Corrupt Lawyers and Politicians.”