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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLe Pen aides taken into French police custody
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French police detained far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's bodyguard and chief of staff in custody on Wednesday for questioning over alleged misuse of European Union funds to pay parliamentary assistants, Le Pen's lawyer said.
Le Pen denounced the latest move in a financial sleaze case that has landed her in the spotlight alongside another leading candidate, Francois Fillon, a right-winger being investigated over public funds he paid to his wife and children.
Wary that her image and lead position in polls of voting intentions could be hurt, Le Pen on Wednesday said she was convinced voters would not fall for what her lawyer Marcel Ceccaldi called a "manipulation" designed to destabilize her.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-lepen-idUSKBN1610XQ
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Le Pen aides taken into French police custody (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2017
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Yep. She's a Russian prop too, and I really hope they all go down as the traitors they are.
anneboleyn
Feb 2017
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dalton99a
(81,392 posts)1. Corrupt Russian stooges.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)5. Yep. She's a Russian prop too, and I really hope they all go down as the traitors they are.
Le Pen would be absolutely toxic for France -- not to mention her connections to the Russians (seriously they apparently bought off every far-right nut bag)
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)2. Le Pen est l'escroc? Tant mieux!
Le Pen=the crook? Great.
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)3. Wasn't she one of the first to come here to meet with dumpy?
She just needs to reference the play book Trump probably lent her to spin her way out of this. She just needs to push the fake news narrative.
lapucelle
(18,187 posts)4. Lock her up!
Is "a manipulation" the same thing as an alternate fact?