A ‘political trial’? Marine Le Pen is singing from the Donald Trump hymn sheet | Pauline Bock

Marine Le Pen is accused of embezzling more than 4 m from European parliament.

She and 24 other National Rally party officials, employees, former EU lawmakers and parliamentary assistants are accused of using EU funds to pay staff in France who were working for the party.

Le Pen furiously denies any wrongdoing and says she is target of a political trial’ aimed at preventing her from running for the French presidency in 2027 .

If she is banned from public office, Le Pen's career will suffer, but her party's rise may not.

RN ’s president, Jordan Bardella , who has not been charged, is already being propped up as her potential stand-in.

Le Pen has more than two months to sing her cover of Trump 's “They’re out to get me” song on every TV channel.