Le Pen says she'll run for French presidency next year despite court-ordered monitor
PARIS (AP) -- French far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she'll run for the 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.
Le Pen said she will appeal the ruling to France's highest cou
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