“Free Marine Le Pen!”: Trump calls judgment against Le Pen Political Censorship

US President Donald Trump is outraged by the judgment against the French right -wing populist Marine Le Pen – and draws parallels to his own legal problems. “The witch hunt against Marine Le Pen is another example of how European left-wing use the judiciary as an instrument of war to silence the free speech, censor political opponents and even go so far as to put this opponent in prison,” Trump wrote on his online language tube Truth Social.

“It is the same” script “that a group of spinners and insane has used me.” He added: “I don’t know Marine Le Pen, but I appreciate how hard she worked for years,” continued Trump. The front woman of the right party National (marginal) – who hoped for a win in the next presidential election in France – did not let himself be down despite the setbacks.

“And now, shortly before her big win to be expected, she is charged with a minor matter that she probably didn’t know anything about – for me it sounds like a” accounting error “.” Trump ended his message with an appeal in capital letters: “Free Marine Le Pen!”

Le Pen hopes for the 2027 presidential election

A French court sentenced Le Pen, her party and other RN managers on Monday for the embezzlement of EU funds. A prison sentence for Le Pen was partly suspended and immediately came into force. The decision is potentially more serious – and especially controversial – that it must not compete in elections in the next five years.

Le Pen would also be open to the 2027 presidential election, and she had calculated good chances of moving into the Élysée Palace. Le Pen appealed against the judgment, which the Paris Court of Appeal wants to decide by the summer of 2026.

Like Le Pen, Trump has been a victim of a supposedly politically motivated judiciary for years and, despite the lack of evidence, persistently speaks of a “witch hunt”.