French prosecutors launch probe into Marine Le Pen’s election campaign finances

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is facing an investigation (Picture: Thibault Camus/AP)

The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened a preliminary investigation into suspected illegal 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 on July 2 into allegations of accepting a financial loan, misappropriation of property, fraud and forgery.