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Jerome Riviere

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

It is, in fact, not that complicated. Basically, she was a member of the European Parliament and she was president of her party, the national rally at the time called Front National. As a member of the European Parliament, and I believe it is the same in the United States, you have an allocation money so that you can hire administrative and political assistants.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

It is, in fact, not that complicated. Basically, she was a member of the European Parliament and she was president of her party, the national rally at the time called Front National. As a member of the European Parliament, and I believe it is the same in the United States, you have an allocation money so that you can hire administrative and political assistants.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

With this money, she hired people and these people were working for her. But instead of working in Brussels or in Strasbourg, where the European Parliament is located, they were also working in Paris, where she is working as president of her party. And basically, they say this is embezzlement because she was using funding from the European Parliament to do politics in France.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

With this money, she hired people and these people were working for her. But instead of working in Brussels or in Strasbourg, where the European Parliament is located, they were also working in Paris, where she is working as president of her party. And basically, they say this is embezzlement because she was using funding from the European Parliament to do politics in France.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

But when you want to be elected as a member of parliament, when you do your job, you do it in your country. Again, it's part of the idea that the European Parliament doesn't like nations. And to be honest, every single party has done so for the past 25 years. The actual prime minister in France, Francois Bayrou, was accused of the exact same thing.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

But when you want to be elected as a member of parliament, when you do your job, you do it in your country. Again, it's part of the idea that the European Parliament doesn't like nations. And to be honest, every single party has done so for the past 25 years. The actual prime minister in France, Francois Bayrou, was accused of the exact same thing.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

He was found not guilty a couple of months ago, but it was the exact same accusation. That's why when Marine Le Pen was sentenced with this terrible sentence, banned from running, he said he was troubled. And he can be troubled because she should not have been sentenced. Do you think the appeal will be successful? Yes, but you have to see what they did. And this is a nuclear bomb.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

He was found not guilty a couple of months ago, but it was the exact same accusation. That's why when Marine Le Pen was sentenced with this terrible sentence, banned from running, he said he was troubled. And he can be troubled because she should not have been sentenced. Do you think the appeal will be successful? Yes, but you have to see what they did. And this is a nuclear bomb.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

That's what she qualified. This lawfare, the weapon they used by banning her from running, makes it that an appeal, if she's successful, will be after the election. So after the election, they'll tell her, oh... You're not guilty, but the election is over. She's not president. She was not candidate. So this is what is really unfair.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

That's what she qualified. This lawfare, the weapon they used by banning her from running, makes it that an appeal, if she's successful, will be after the election. So after the election, they'll tell her, oh... You're not guilty, but the election is over. She's not president. She was not candidate. So this is what is really unfair.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

So as a reaction, the high magistrate decided that they are trying to move the agenda so that maybe by the summer of 2026, they might have the appeal and they might have a result. But seriously, it's not up to judges, however good or bad they are, it's not up to judges to decide who's going to be able to run for the presidency of France.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

So as a reaction, the high magistrate decided that they are trying to move the agenda so that maybe by the summer of 2026, they might have the appeal and they might have a result. But seriously, it's not up to judges, however good or bad they are, it's not up to judges to decide who's going to be able to run for the presidency of France.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

There is no higher Supreme Court than the French people in France or the US people, American people in the United States. Judges shouldn't be able to do that.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

There is no higher Supreme Court than the French people in France or the US people, American people in the United States. Judges shouldn't be able to do that.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

Yeah, but it's quite different to be prime minister or to be president. Prime minister, you don't go through an election. You get named prime minister because you are the head of the majority of a lot of members of Congress. And I think he's perfectly suited for that. Running for president, it's a specific tie between one candidate and the people. Why did Donald Trump, why was he so successful?

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

Yeah, but it's quite different to be prime minister or to be president. Prime minister, you don't go through an election. You get named prime minister because you are the head of the majority of a lot of members of Congress. And I think he's perfectly suited for that. Running for president, it's a specific tie between one candidate and the people. Why did Donald Trump, why was he so successful?

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

Because he established a very specific relationship with the American people. He's talking to them. They relate to what he's saying. This is why he got elected. Another Republican having the exact same program might not have been elected. So Marine Le Pen has been building this relationship with the French people for many years. So yes, Jordan Berdella would step up, I believe so.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

Because he established a very specific relationship with the American people. He's talking to them. They relate to what he's saying. This is why he got elected. Another Republican having the exact same program might not have been elected. So Marine Le Pen has been building this relationship with the French people for many years. So yes, Jordan Berdella would step up, I believe so.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

Other people might step up, but the big question is, it's not up to judges to decide about who is going to be running or not.

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Marine Le Pen: Predicted Winner BANNED From French Presidential Election By Court Order w/ Former MEP Jerome Riviere – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 472

Other people might step up, but the big question is, it's not up to judges to decide about who is going to be running or not.