The European Parliament says Le Pen, who is also an MEP as well as leader of France's National Front, incorrectly used the funds to pay an aide, Catherine Griset, who was based at the party's headquarters in Paris and not at the assembly, which meets in both Brussels and Strasbourg, eastern France…

Le Pen told AFP Tuesday she had never received the money

Grifting doesn't count as grifting if you're doing it for a friend? Good to know!