Le Pen supporters rally in Paris after embezzling conviction: "Trump can run — why not Marine?"

Convicted of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, far-right politician Marine Le Pen stood unshaken before a sea of French flags in Paris on Sunday. "For 30 years I have fought against injustice," she told the crowd. "And I will continue to fight."

Thousands of supporters gathered at Place Vauban, near the golden dome of Les Invalides and the tomb of Napoleon, for what was billed as a protest — but observers said it had all the markings of a campaign rally.

Following the guilty verdict last week, Le Pen said the court should not have made her ineligible to run for office until all her chances at appeal had been exhausted.