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Musk slams Le Pen ruling, says it will ‘backfire’ like Trump’s as some on global right face legal troubles
JERUSALEM — The stunning court conviction of popular right-wing politician Marine Le Pen on Monday for embezzlement sparked outrage from President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency head, Elon Musk, who compared her fate to Trump’s legal troubles.
Musk said after the verdict that, «This will backfire, like the legal attacks against President Trump.» Musk pinned the blame on the left for the conviction of Le Pen. He wrote on X, «When the radical left can’t win via democratic vote, they abuse the legal system to jail their opponents. This is their standard playbook throughout the world.»
The conviction of Le Pen, which bans her from running for office for five years, comes amid legal prosecutions of other right-wing politicians, ranging from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Romania’s Călin Georgescu to former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
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French right-wing leader Marine Le Pen arrives at a Paris court expected to deliver a verdict in an embezzlement case on Monday, March 31, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Fox News Digital reported last year, after a Manhattan jury convicted then-former President Trump of falsifying business records, that legal experts saw similarities between his case and the ongoing corruption prosecution against Netanyahu.
When asked on Monday about Le Pen’s sentence, Trump told reporters it was «a big deal,» adding, «But she was banned for running for five years, and she’s the leading candidate. That sounds like this country, that sounds very much like this country.»
Other cases where world leaders and politicians on the right have been targeted include Netanyahu, who was charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in a legal saga that started four years ago and is still unfolding. Netanyahu has flatly denied all the accusations against him.
Calin Georgescu, the winner of Romania’s first round of the presidential election, annulled by the Constitutional Court, waves to supporters gathered for a protest outside the Romanian parliament in Bucharest, Romania, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre, File)
Romania’s right-wing presidential frontrunner, Georgescu, was barred from the race under criminal charges he compared to those Trump faced.
«We are faced with a communist regime as well,» Georgescu told Fox News Digital just before a Romanian electoral bureau barred him from running in a May presidential election rerun. Prosecutors opened a criminal case against him two weeks prior.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press as he arrives at the Brasilia International Airport in Brasilia, Brazil, on March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)
Just last week, Brazil’s Supreme Court accepted charges against former President Bolsonaro over an alleged attempt to remain in office after his 2022 election defeat, ordering the former leader to stand trial.
Italy’s Vice Premier Matteo Salvini, who was cleared in December of illegally detaining migrants, called his case «a declaration of war by Brussels.»
Eugene Kontorovich, a legal expert and senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, told Fox News Digital, «France follows the pattern of political prosecutions in the U.S. and Israel, where criminal prosecutions for obscure victimless offenses are used to knock out popular leaders of right wing parties, and use to courts to stand between the electorate and their preferred candidates. It is unlikely these cases are all happening within a year of each other: Leftists around the world are learning from, and legitimizing, each other’s tactics.»
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President Donald Trump, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Brandon/AP)
The heart of the embezzlement case revolves around accusations against Le Pen and more than 20 other National Rally figures who allegedly used EU funds to hire employees to work for the National Rally instead of matters involving the European Parliament as required by EU regulations in Brussels.
The French court also imposed a four-year prison sentence on Le Pen. The conviction unleashed a political earthquake in France, where the next presidential election is slated for 2027.
Right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, an ally of Trump, posted in French on social media a solidarity message, «Je suis Marine!» («I am Marine»), an apparent reference to the slogan «Je suis Charlie» that was formulated after radical Islamist terrorists murdered journalists in 2015 from the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris.
Le Pen has transformed the anti-immigration party National Rally (formerly called the National Front) into a serious political force that is a legitimate contender to win the 2027 presidential election.
Marine Le Pen, president of the National Rally group in the National Assembly, joins Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally (Rassemblement National), at the final rally before the recently held European Parliament election on June 9. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
She ousted her father, the late Jean-Marie Le Pen, who founded the National Front, and rejected his antisemitism. He was fined for terming the Holocaust gas chambers a «detail of history».
Marine Le Pen’s protégé, the 29-year-old Jordan Bardella, recently spoke last week at an Israeli government conference on combating antisemitism. He is expected to take over the National Rally. He urged a «peaceful mobilization» to protest the verdict.
According to French24, Bardella said the guilty verdict has «killed» French democracy. His party launched a petition that states:»It is no longer the government of judges, but the dictatorship of judges, which wishes to prevent the French people from expressing themselves.»
Le Pen’s lawyer, Rodolphe Bosselut, announced that he would appeal the verdict.
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Leader of Italy’s right-wing League Party Matteo Salvini reacts as he leaves a court after a hearing in the trial against him on charges of kidnapping over his decision to prevent more than 100 migrants from landing in the country in 2019, in Palermo, Italy, on Oct. 23, 2021. (REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello)
«I am shocked by the incredibly tough verdict against Marine Le Pen,» said Holland’s right-wing politician, Geert Wilders, who has been dubbed the Dutch version of Trump.
He added,»I support and believe in her 100% and I trust she will win the appeal and become President of France.»
Fox News Digital’s Morgan Phillips, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Trump urged to aid Yemen’s anti-Houthi forces as terror group escalates attacks on shipping
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The State Department on Sunday blasted Yemen’s Iran-sponsored Houthi terrorist movement for lethal attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea and on Israel as new calls emerged for President Donald Trump to support Yemen’s legitimate government to topple the Houthi regime.
Walid Phares, a leading American expert on the Middle East, told Fox News Digital that regarding «negotiations with Hamas and the regime in Tehran, in my view, Iran is simply buying time to rearm and resume its regional expansion.»
Phares said if the talks fail, there is a need «to reassemble a ground force comprised of units loyal to the legitimate Yemeni government (now in exile in Aden), and—crucially—the Southern Transitional Council (STC), whose forces are based in the Aden region and maintain frontlines adjacent to Houthi-controlled territory. Notably, STC forces have achieved the most significant victories against the Khomeinist militias in past years.»
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Houthi supporters gather to attend a rally in protest of the United States’ airstrikes on Yemen and Israel’s ongoing strikes in the Gaza Strip in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
Phares, who advised Trump when he was a candidate for president in 2016, continued, saying that «The United States should back, fund, and train these southern forces for renewed ground operations along the Red Sea coast, particularly to retake the vital port city of Hodeidah. Simultaneously, northern units loyal to the Yemeni government could advance toward the capital, Sanaa. Allied airpower would provide the necessary cover to enable a southern-northern pincer movement that could collapse the Houthi hold on Yemen and eliminate the threat entirely.»
He argued that «This would pave the way for future negotiations—not with Tehran’s proxies—but with a federated, pro-Western Yemeni government independent of Iranian influence. «
In May, Trump announced that after a military air campaign against the Houthi movement, saying the Houthis «just don’t want to fight…and we will honor that. We will stop the bombings.»
The Houthi terrorists, however, appear to have violated their pledge to Trump to stop attacks in the Red Sea.
President Donald Trump, right, is taking action against the Houthis to defend U.S. shipping assets and deter terrorist threats, the White House posted on X on March 15, 2025. (The White House)
Department of Defense spokesman Sean Parnell told Fox News Digital, «The DOD remains prepared to respond to any state or non-state actor seeking to broaden or escalate conflict in the region. Secretary Hegseth continues to make clear that, should Iran or its proxies threaten American personnel in the region, the United States will take decisive action to defend our people. We will not discuss future operations.»
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Fox News Digital reported on July 7 that Israel exchanged missile fire with Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on Monday, targeting the group’s ports and other facilities.
Israel’s initial strikes came in reaction to a suspected Houthi attack on a Liberian-flagged ship in the Red Sea. The vessel was targeted with explosives and small arms fire, causing it to take on water and forcing the crew to abandon ship. The Houthis have not yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel’s military issued a warning prior to its attack, which targeted ports at Hodeida, Ras Isa and Salif.
«These ports are used by the Houthi terrorist regime to transfer weapons from the Iranian regime, which are employed to carry out terrorist operations against the state of Israel and its allies,» the Israeli military said.
Yemeni coast guard ships affiliated with the Houthi group patrol the sea on Jan. 4, 2024. International shipping has been disrupted by their presence. (AFP via Getty Images)
The Houthi attacks last week resulted in the sinking of the bulk carrier Magic Seas, resulting in the presumed killings of four people and 11 others who are missing, according to an AP report.
The announcement came as satellite photos show long, trailing oil slicks from where the bulk carrier Eternity C went down, and another when the Houthis sank the bulk carrier Magic Seas.
The Times of Israel reported that both ships were attacked over a week ago by the rebels as part of their campaign targeting vessels over the war in Gaza. The Houthi campaign has upended shipping in the Red Sea, through which $1 trillion of goods usually passes a year.
Houthi fighters walk over British and U.S. flags at a rally in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the recent Houthi strikes on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden on Feb. 4, 2024 on the outskirts of Sana’a, Yemen. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)
A spokesperson for the State Department told Fox News Digital, «The United States condemns these attacks. These recent attacks have led to the loss of life, injury to sailors, and the sinking of cargo ships.Houthi attacks continue to endanger the lives of seafarers, harm economies across the region, and risk environmental disaster.»
The spokesperson added, «Global freedom of navigation and Israel have been under attack by the Houthi rebels for too long. The U.S. supports Israel’s ability to exercise its right to self-defense.»
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After the Biden administration de-listed the Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization, the Trump administration swiftly restored the terrorist designation in March.
The official slogan of the Houthi movement (Ansar Allah) reads, «Allah is Greater. Death to America. Death to Israel. Curse on the Jews. Victory to Islam.»
Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom and AP contributed to this report.
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Tras sufrir hinchazón en las piernas, Donald Trump fue diagnosticado con insuficiencia venosa
El presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, fue diagnosticado con insuficiencia venosa crónica Lo informó este jueves la Casa Blanca, al descartar una trombosis.
Trump, de 79 años, fue sometido en las últimas horas a un examen médico tras sufrir un cuadro de hinchazón de piernas.
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El estudio determinó que el mandatario republicano padece “insuficiencia venosa crónica”, según el reporte oficial.
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La afección es un cuadro en el que las venas dañadas de las piernas no mantienen un flujo sanguíneo adecuado, precisó la portavoz de la Casa Blanca, Karoline Leavitt.
Añadió que es una “afección benigna y corriente”, y detalló que no se apreció “una trombosis venosa profunda o enfermedad arterial”.
La portavoz de la Casa Blanca, Karoline Leavitt hizo el anuncio sobre la salud de Donald Trump (Foto: REUTERS/Nathan Howard)
En los últimos días hubo muchas especulaciones sobre fotos en las que se ven hematomas en las manos de Trump.
Al respecto, Leavitt afirmó que se debe a “una leve irritación de los tejidos blandos causada por los frecuentes apretones de manos y el uso de aspirina”, que Trump toma como “prevención cardiovascular”.
Por orden de Trump, cerró una agencia de ayuda internacional de EE.UU.
La agencia de ayuda exterior de Estados Unidos (Usaid) cerró formalmente el martes 1 de julio por orden del gobierno del presidente Donald Trump. Su desaparición puede conllevar la muerte de 14 millones de personas hasta el 2030 por falta de recursos, según un estudio.
La Agencia de Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional fue fundada en 1961 en plena Guerra Fría. La idea del entonces presidente demócrata John F. Kennedy era usar la ayuda para atraer a los países en desarrollo al campo democrático occidental.
El cierre de la Usaid provocó cuestionamientos (Foto: AP)
El actual jefe de la diplomacia estadounidense, el republicano Marco Rubio, recortó el 85% de sus proyectos y la incorporó al Departamento de Estado.
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En una despedida al personal, los expresidentes republicano George W. Bush (2001-2009) y el demócrata Barack Obama (2009-2017) elogiaron el trabajo de la agencia, que consideran necesario.
Bush destacó los logros del Plan de Emergencia para el Alivio del SIDA (PEPFAR) en la lucha contra el sida.
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“¿Beneficia a nuestra nación que 25 millones de personas que habrían muerto ahora vivan? Creo que sí”, declaró Bush en un mensaje de video.
Obama consideró “inexplicable” poner fin a la USAID. “Pasará a la historia como un error colosal”, afirmó.
La advertencia sobre 14 millones de muertes
Un estudio publicado en la revista médica The Lancet señaló que más de 14 millones de personas adicionales podrían morir, un tercio de ellas niños pequeños, para 2030, debido a los recortes en la ayuda exterior.
Rubio esbozó un panorama drásticamente diferente de USAID, que fue uno de los primeros blancos de una amplia campaña de recortes de gastos gubernamentales liderada por el multimillonario Elon Musk.
Para Rubio es un “modelo basado en la caridad” que está desactualizado.
“Más allá de crear un complejo industrial de ONG de alcance mundial a expensas de los contribuyentes, USAID tiene poco que mostrar desde el final de la Guerra Fría”, escribió Rubio en un ensayo.
Los recortes de Trump llevaron al cierre de la Usaid. (Foto: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)
También se quejó de que muchos de los países receptores de la ayuda estadounidense no voten con Estados Unidos en la ONU. A veces se alinean con China, su rival.
Un funcionario del Departamento de Estado que pidió el anonimato afirmó que el estudio de The Lancet se basa en “suposiciones incorrectas” y dijo que Estados Unidos continuará con la ayuda, pero de una manera “más eficaz”.
Bob Kitchen, vicepresidente de emergencias del Comité Internacional de Rescate, afirmó que la predicción de 14 millones de muertes coincide con lo que observa su grupo humanitario.
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Entre los programas del grupo financiados por USAID, explicó que casi 400.000 refugiados que huyeron de la guerra en Sudán se vieron privados de ayuda urgente y que más de 500.000 afganos, en su mayoría mujeres y niñas, quedaron sin acceso a educación y atención médica.
Kitchen advirtió que los recortes no solo agravarán las emergencias de primera línea, sino que debilitarán a países más estables como Etiopía y Kenia. Y más allá de consideraciones morales, añadió Kitchen, los recortes agravarán la migración, que Trump quiere cortar a toda costa.
“Si la inseguridad se extiende, los brotes se propagan, ya no hay línea de defensa”, concluyó.
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