PULSE POINTS:

What Happened: Former President Donald Trump weighed in on Marine Le Pen’s legal troubles, comparing her prosecution to the lawfare campaigns he says have targeted him in the United States.

Who’s Involved: Trump, French opposition leader Marine Le Pen, and American legal figures Norm Eisen, Andrew Weissmann, and Lisa Monaco.

Key Quote: “The Witch Hunt against Marine Le Pen is another example of European Leftists using Lawfare to silence Free Speech.”

Fallout: Trump says Le Pen is being politically targeted just ahead of a likely electoral victory, calling the charges against her a “bookkeeping error” and denouncing the prosecution as a blow to all of France—regardless of politics.

Significance: Trump’s statement aligns Le Pen’s situation with the global populist struggle against what he calls corrupt legal and political elites. He ends the post with a rallying cry: “FREE MARINE LE PEN!”

IN FULL:

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has condemned what he calls a politically motivated prosecution of French opposition leader Marine Le Pen, accusing European leftists of using “lawfare” to suppress dissent and sabotage electoral outcomes.

“The Witch Hunt against Marine Le Pen is another example of European Leftists using Lawfare to silence Free Speech,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “This time going so far as to put that Opponent in prison.”

Trump compared Le Pen’s prosecution to the years-long efforts by U.S. legal operatives like Norm Eisen, Andrew Weissmann, and Lisa Monaco to entangle him in criminal cases. He described their efforts as a “playbook” of political persecution that ultimately failed due to public awareness of what he calls widespread corruption.

“I don’t know Marine Le Pen,” Trump wrote, “but do appreciate how hard she worked for so many years. She suffered losses, but kept on going, and now, just before what would be a Big Victory, they get her on a minor charge that she probably knew nothing about – Sounds like a ‘bookkeeping’ error to me.”

Trump ended the message with a blunt message to French authorities and global onlookers alike: “FREE MARINE LE PEN!”

The move comes amid a broader wave of Western populist leaders facing legal trouble as they gain electoral momentum—raising questions about the coordinated use of state power to silence opposition, i.e. lawfare.

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