Far-right leader Le Pen might struggle to mobilize support by portraying her conviction as the result of an establishment-led witch hunt, experts said.

France's far-right National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen called a court ruling that bans her from running for office for five years a "political decision" at a rally in Paris on Sunday. "I won't give up,

The American president cast the French politician’s conviction as an example of far-right persecution, ignoring ample evidence against her.