French PM: Trump Is “Interfering” In Le Pen Case

Politico Europe reports:

U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in French politics with his tirade against the conviction of French far-right politician Marine Le Pen, France’s Prime Minister François Bayrou charged on Sunday.

In an interview with Le Parisien, Bayrou called Trump’s social-media defense of Marine Le Pen an example of interference. “Interference has become the law of the world,” he said. “There are no longer any borders for major political debates. What happens [in France] is discussed in Washington,” Bayrou said.

Trump on Friday criticized the court decision that prevents Le Pen from running for French president. “They get her on a minor charge that she probably knew nothing about — sounds like a ‘bookkeeping’ error to me,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.

Read the full article. Trump and Elon Musk have both posted demands to “Free Marine Le Pen,” who has not been arrested, much less imprisoned.

France’s Bayrou accuses Trump of ‘interference’ with Le Pen rant https://t.co/F5uEmgkZOF

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