Musk slams Le Pen ruling, says it will 'backfire' like Trump's as some on global right face legal troubles

JERUSALEM — The stunning court conviction of popular right-wing politician Marine Le Pen on Monday for embezzlement sparked outrage from President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency head, Elon Musk, who compared her fate to Trump’s legal troubles.

Musk said after the verdict that, "This will backfire, like the legal attacks against President Trump." Musk pinned the blame on the left for the conviction of Le Pen. He wrote on X, "When the radical left can’t win via democratic vote, they abuse the legal system to jail their opponents. This is their standard playbook throughout the world."

The conviction of Le Pen, which bans her from running for office for five years, comes amid legal prosecutions of other right-wing pol...