The French authorities launched an investigation in connection with threats against judges who made a decision in the case in which the leader of the Ultra Party “National Association” Marine Le Pen was found guilty of corruption.
According to the French media, the prosecutor’s office of Paris announced the beginning of investigative actions to consider the statements against judges who can qualify as a criminal offense.
The investigation was entrusted to the National Department for Combating online crimes on the basis of hatred under the prosecutor’s office of Paris, which will focus on identifying threats addressed to judges.
Around the house of one of the judges who pronounced Le Pen, an outfit of the police.
After the court decision announced on March 31, on social networks, there were messages with threats to the judges considering the case.
The National Council of Bar Association (CNB), in a statement published on the eve of the application, condemned attacks on the chairman of the 11th Chamber of the Paris Court, which is conducting the case.
Incident
March 31, the Court in France found the guilty leader of the ultra -right party “National Association” Marine Le Pen in the case of the non -purpose of using the funds of the European Parliament.
Along with Le Pen, an indictment has been issued in relation to eight deputies of this legislative body.
The politician is sentenced to four years in prison. In addition, the court forbade her to be elected to any political positions for five years. Marine Le Pen should also pay a fine of 100 thousand euros.
Le Pen will not sit in prison: she will spend two years with an electronic bracelet, she was sentenced to two more to two. She was also forbidden to participate in the elections for five years – she will not be able to run for president in 2027.
The next presidential election in France will be held in 2027. The leader of the National Association took part in three presidential races (2012, 2017 and 2022), in the last two she went to the second round.
In the past elections in 2022, she was the main rival of the current president Emmanuel Macron, losing to him in the second round.