The mess the Republicans are in is particularly pathetic given the current state of their rivals. Le Pen's National Front is facing an investigation over alleged misuse of EU funds. Her party offices have been raided and several aides questioned, though she refused to submit to questioning, describing the affair as a politically motivated plot against her. She also could face prosecution for a different case, involving “publishing violent images,” over her 2015 tweeting of photos of the beheading of James Foley by ISIS. (Whatever you think of Le Pen, this charge seems a little over-the-top given how widely available these images were at the time.)
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