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With Le Pen Sentencing, France's Presidential Election Veers into the Extraordinary

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By John Leicester Verified, Sylvie Corbet Verified
| Newsmax Verified
PARIS (AP) — France already faced one of the world's most important elections next year. Now it has one of the more unusual. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen ’s decision to run for the presidency for a fourth time means that someone found guilty not once but twice of embezzling public funds will campaign to lead the European Union ’s largest nation.
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Le Pen says she'll run for French presidency next year despite court-ordered monitor

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By Sylvie Corbet Verified, John Leicester Verified, Samuel Petrequin Verified
| Chattanooga Times Free Press Verified
PARIS (AP) — Far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she'll run for the French presidency next year despite being sentenced Tuesday to wear a court-ordered electronic monitor for embezzlement. The decision by the 57-year-old veteran of three presidential races sets up a fourth campaign like no other: potentially seeking votes while subject to monitoring and with a judge possibly deciding how, and for how long, the punishment is applied.
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By John Leicester Verified, Sylvie Corbet Verified
| Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Verified
France's upcoming election has taken a striking turn after far-right leader Marine Le Pen's decision to run for the presidency for a fourth time. That means that someone found guilty
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