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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is investigated over alleged illicit financing in 2022 vote
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PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday it opened a preliminary investigation last week into suspicions of illicit financing of far-right French leader Marine Le Pen’s campaign during the 2022 presidential election.
The office told The Associated Press that the judicial probe opened July 2 into allegations of accepting a financial loan, misappropriation of property, fraud and forgery.
The preliminary investigation was opened after a report from the National Commission for Campaign Accounts and Political Financing dating from 2023.
In French elections, candidates are barred from exceeding a certain spending limit.
French media reports said Le Pen is not the only candidate in the 2022 presidential election being investigated.
Her far-right National Rally party previously was singled out for exaggerating expenses on campaign items used by candidates in the 2012 legislative elections.
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