India, April 4 -- President Donald Trump has called Marine Le Pen's exclusion from electoral office a "witch hunt" and given his backing to the French far-right leader, calling for her to be set "free".

The 56-year-old leader was found guilty on Monday of fabricating jobs at the EU parliament and using taxpayer funds to hire assistants who actually got hired by her party in France.

Le Pen, who led the party from 2011 and served in the European Parliament from 2004, was convicted of directly arranging eight false contracts totaling approximately €474,000.

In 2027, she might not be able to compete for president of France for the fourth time after being barred from office for five years with immediate effect.

Following Paris crimin...