Le Pen’s presidential ambitions rely on French voters disregarding her criminal convictions

Marine Le Pen's presidential campaign hinges on voters overlooking her embezzlement conviction, which was upheld by a Paris appeals court but allows her to run while appealing to France's highest court. Her party, National Rally, had prepared Jordan Bardella as an alternative candidate after the conviction initially barred her from office, but the court's revised sentencing enabled her to campaign with limited restrictions.