Subject: LePen jailed in France
Interesting. She was the front-runner for 2027 or so...but now they're carting her off the prison where she must sit even as she goes through the appeal:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31...

French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for political office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European Union funds, in a politically explosive ruling that has shattered her hopes of winning the presidency in 2027.

Embezzling? That sounds like a big deal.

Le Pen, her National Rally (RN) party and more than 20 of its members were convicted of using European Parliament money to pay staff who were in fact working for RN in France. Nine members of the European Parliament, including Le Pen, and 12 assistants were found guilty.

The court ruled that Le Pen had used four party employees as parliamentary assistants, including her personal assistant and her bodyguard, misusing European Union funds for her own political party.

Hmm. This seems...interesting.