Marine le Pen sentenced to Prison

biostud · Monday at 8:13 AM

France’s far-right leader Le Pen sentenced to prison and banned from office in embezzlement trial

Le Pen may still appeal the four-year sentence, two years of it suspended, and five-year political ban, which came after she was found guilty of misusing $3 million to pay party staff.

French far-right's Le Pen sentenced to prison and banned from office in embezzlement trial

Le Pen may still appeal the four-year sentence, two years of it suspended, and five-year political ban, which came after she was found guilty of misusing $3 million to pay party staff.

www.nbcnews.com

That's how you deal with corrupt politicians...

SteveGrabowski · Monday at 8:33 AM

biostud said:
That's how you deal with corrupt politicians...

tbh the French have a better way than that

biostud · Monday at 8:40 AM

SteveGrabowski said:
tbh the French have a better way than that

Hehe, it shouldn't really be needed if everything else works....

sdifox · Monday at 8:55 AM

Why do they keep making me look for the quantum violin.

biostud · Monday at 9:18 AM

sdifox said:
Why do they keep making me look for the quantum violin.

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sdifox · Monday at 9:20 AM

biostud said:
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world's smallest violin - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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the world's smallest violin

Definition of the world's smallest violin in the Idioms Dictionary by The Free Dictionary

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biostud · Monday at 9:21 AM

She is appealing the sentence.

Rodolphe Bosselut, Le Pen's lawyer, says that his client would appeal the sentence.

Asked about Le Pen's state of mind, Bosseult says she would "tell you what's on her mind herself". Le Pen is due to be interviewed tonight at 20:00 (19:00 BST).

"What is sure is that her lawyer is very unhappy," he told French media.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from running for public office for five years

Le Pen's ban - after being found guilty of embezzling EU funds - means she would not be able to run in the 2027 presidential election.

www.bbc.com

sdifox · Monday at 9:22 AM

It's within her rights. Not that it will do any good.

biostud · Monday at 9:22 AM

sdifox said:
world's smallest violin - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

en.m.wiktionary.org

the world's smallest violin

Definition of the world's smallest violin in the Idioms Dictionary by The Free Dictionary

idioms.thefreedictionary.com

But who is it playing for?

sdifox · Monday at 9:22 AM

biostud said:
But who is it playing for?

It's a sarcastic response.

I still find it amazing there is no provisions in the US Constitution regarding barring convicts from running for president.

HomerJS · Monday at 9:24 AM

You mean she wasn't granted immunity by the Cour de Cassation?

One might think France really means no one is above the law.

biostud · Monday at 9:29 AM

sdifox said:
It's a sarcastic response.

I still find it amazing there is no provisions in the US Constitution regarding barring convicts from running for president.

I just got confused for a second

MrSquished · Monday at 9:41 AM

Here we elect them

IronWing · Monday at 10:57 AM

biostud said:
I just got confused for a second

“Let me play the world’s smallest violin for you” is not an idiom that translates well.

biostud · Monday at 12:09 PM

IronWing said:
“Let me play the world’s smallest violin for you” is not an idiom that translates well.

I knew the idiom, I just didn't understand whether it was towards Le Pen, the system or EU.

nakedfrog · Monday at 12:12 PM

sdifox said:
It's a sarcastic response.

I still find it amazing there is no provisions in the US Constitution regarding barring convicts from running for president.

One of those things they figured would be unnecessary, it used to be that even just having a sufficiently large scandal would be enough to end a political career.

Fkstick McDuff · Monday at 12:22 PM

Witch Hunt!!!

/s

MrSquished · Monday at 12:24 PM

those French are too crazy for me!

ivwshane · Monday at 12:58 PM

sdifox said:
It's a sarcastic response.

I still find it amazing there is no provisions in the US Constitution regarding barring convicts from running for president.

There is actually a very good reason for that and all you have to do is look at which country has the largest prison population. Convicts shouldn’t be able to run for office but then again this country has a history of poor due process and because of that I certainly wouldn’t want something like the current Republican Party in charge of the executive and going after political opponents.

GodisanAtheist · Monday at 12:58 PM

Another goodie:

GodisanAtheist · Monday at 12:59 PM

Another one I've liked:

Jaskalas · Monday at 2:08 PM

sdifox said:
It's a sarcastic response.

I still find it amazing there is no provisions in the US Constitution regarding barring convicts from running for president.

The founders may not have imagined an America so corrupt and despondent as to allow it in the first place.
Or if they had, perhaps they would have reasoned that no law would protect against a lawless government. As by definition - those in power would not care.

Fact is, it was Joe Biden's job to deal with this. Yet here we stand.

biostud · Monday at 2:21 PM

Personally I believe that when you have taken your punishment, you should in most cases be able to apply for any job or political position.

Obviously if you're a pedo, you shouldn't be able to work with children, if you've misused your political power, you shouldn't be able to run for office, and so on. But otherwise I believe that people should have a chance to get a real job or a political career and then let the people or their employer decide if you are good enough.

ivwshane · Monday at 5:24 PM

Jaskalas said:
The founders may not have imagined an America so corrupt and despondent as to allow it in the first place.
Or if they had, perhaps they would have reasoned that no law would protect against a lawless government. As by definition - those in power would not care.

Fact is, it was Joe Biden's job to deal with this. Yet here we stand.

They did indeed envision the possibility, it’s why they didn’t support a direct democracy and instead supported the electoral college. What they didn’t anticipate was that the electoral college would be comprised of people who were no smarter and more enlightened than the electoral college. In fact it’s clear that the general public has been more right than wrong when it comes to picking the better choice for President.

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France’s far-right leader Le Pen sentenced to prison and banned from office in embezzlement trial