France: Far-Right Leader Marine Le Pen Convicted in Embezzlement Trial, Banned from Office for 5 Years

French far-right National Rally (RN) party leader Marine Le Pen was found guilty of systematically embezzling EU funds by the Paris criminal court on March 31 and sentenced to four years in prison -- two of which are suspended -- alongside an immediate five-year ban from public office, Le Figaro reported the same day....