Illegal financing - Public prosecutor's office investigates Marine Le Pen
The French Justice has launched investigations against the French right-wing populist Marine Le Pen regarding allegedly illegal financing of her 2022 presidential campaign. This includes a campaign loan and embezzlement of funds, the Prosecutor's Office announced in Paris on Tuesday. The investigations began on July 2 following a tip from the Electoral Campaign Finance Commission.
11.5 Million Euro did not bring Marine Le Pen a Victory
This Commission checks the campaign expenses of all candidates. Le Pen had invested around 11.5 million Euros in her third presidential campaign in 2022. The Commission had previously rejected some of her expenses, including over 300,000 Euros for campaign advertising on buses. Le Pen lost the presidential election in 2022 in the runoff against Emmanuel Macron.
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Marine Le Pen's election campaign for France's presidency in 2022, led by her party Rassemblement National, is under investigation by the French Justice due to allegations of illegal financing, specifically a campaign loan and embezzlement of funds. Despite investing a substantial 11.5 million Euros in her campaign, including expenses for bus advertising that were previously rejected by the Electoral Campaign Finance Commission, Marine Le Pen ultimately failed to secure victory, losing in the runoff against Emmanuel Macron.
