# A French court is set to hand down its verdict today on the embezzlement case of far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, and 24 other party officials. They are accused of using money intended for European Union parliamentary aides to pay instead staff who worked for the party between 2004 and 2016. This violates the 27-nation bloc’s regulations. It found guilty Le Pen could face a five-year ban from running for office, ruling her out of standing again for president in 2027.
Verdict expected in French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement case