Farage and Le Pen try Trump’s trick of turning scandal to their advantage

Marine Le Pen and Nigel Farage faced legal and political challenges this week, with Le Pen convicted of embezzling EU funds and ordered to wear an ankle tag, while Farage resigned as an MP amid scrutiny of his financial arrangements and a friendship with a criminal. Both figures pivoted to election campaigns, adopting a strategy similar to Donald Trump's approach of denying wrongdoing and framing themselves as underdogs against a corrupt establishment.