Exclusive-Brazil's Bolsonaro calls ruling against Le Pen 'judicial activism'

FILE PHOTO: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro walks outside Congonhas airport as he arrives in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 24, 2025. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told Reuters on Monday that a court ruling that banned French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from seeking public office for five years was "left-wing judicial activism."

Le Pen on Monday was convicted of embezzlement in a watershed ruling that knocked her out of the 2027 presidential race unless she can win an appeal.