Trump went on to compare Le Pen\u2019s trial, in which she was found guilty of embezzling EU funds, to his own numerous legal woes. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the same \u2018playbook\u2019 that was used against me by a group of Lunatics and Losers, like Norm Eisen, Andrew Weissmann, and Lisa Monaco,\u201d said Trump, calling out some of the prosecutors that worked on cases against him over the years. He was eventually convicted in May 2024 on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a payment to a porn actress \u2026 after which he became the first convicted felon to win the U.S. presidency.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know Marine Le Pen, but do appreciate how hard she worked for so many years. She suffered losses, but kept on going, and now, just before what would be a Big Victory, they get her on a minor charge that she probably knew nothing about \u2014 Sounds like a \u2018bookkeeping\u2019 error to me,\u201d said Trump.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is all so bad for France, and the Great French People, no matter what side they are on. FREE MARINE LE PEN!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Le Pen was on Monday convicted of embezzling European Parliament funds and barred from running for elections for the next five years<\/a>, disqualifying her from a 2027 bid to win the presidency. <\/p>\n