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Musk Backs Le Pen as France’s ‘Last Hope’ Amid X Raid

7/16/2026

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Elon Musk posted on X that Marine Le Pen is “France’s last hope,” a quasi-endorsement of the candidate.
Le Pen launched her presidential bid after an appeals court cleared her despite a conviction for embezzling European Parliament funds.
French police opened an investigation into X’s Grok AI chatbot and raided its Paris office in February.
Authorities summoned Musk for an interview in April, which he did not attend.

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Elon Musk posted on X that Marine Le Pen is “France’s last hope,” a quasi-endorsement of the candidate.
Le Pen launched her presidential bid after an appeals court cleared her despite a conviction for embezzling European Parliament funds.
French police opened an investigation into X’s Grok AI chatbot and raided its Paris office in February.
Authorities summoned Musk for an interview in April, which he did not attend.