Police raid office of National Rally party as part of anti-corruption probe

Members of the press gather outside as police raid the headquarters of the National Rally party in Paris (Michel Euler/AP)

French police raided the headquarters of far-right party National Rally on Wednesday, seizing documents and accounting records, the party’s leader said, as part of a campaign finance inquiry.

Prosecutors are investigating allegations of illegal financing of Marine Le Pen’s 2022 presidential bid, and European Parliament and French parliamentary campaigns.