PARIS — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen announced on Tuesday that she will run for president next year, despite being sentenced to one year with an ankle monitor earlier that same day.
Le Pen was found guilty by the Paris Court of Appeals of embezzling funds from the European Parliament. She was sentenced to a year of house arrest.
As recently as last week, the far-right leader had said she would not run for president if wearing an ankle monitor. But Le Pen said she would bring the new verdict to a higher court, and this would lift her obligation to wear the bracelet.
“The French people will have the final say,” said Le Pen on French news channel TF1. “We are innocent.”
This is a developing story.