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TOPSHOT - President of the parliamentary group of the French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party, Marine Le Pen (R), walks followed by co-defendant French member of European Parliament Catherine Griset (C) as they exit a courtroom while leaving the Tribunal de Paris courthouse during the reading of sentencing in their trial verdict on suspicion of embezzlement of European public funds, in Paris, on March 31, 2025. A French court on March 31, 2025 convicted far-right leader Marine Le Pen on charges of embezzlement of public funds over a fake jobs scam at the EU parliament, and has banned her from running for office after conviction. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)