Le Pen refuses to judge psychiatric investigation

The party leader of the French populist party Rassemblement National, Marine Le Pen, refuses to be psychologically investigated as ordered by a judge.

Le Pen calls it insane and unbelievable that a magistrate gives this order. It happened in the context of a criminal investigation into 'the spread of extremely violent messages'.

In 2015, Le Pen distributed images of executions carried out by the Islamic State terror group in the Middle East. She said that in his own words to condemn the horrors of the group.

On Thursday she reacted furiously to the order of the judge and states that this is a bizarre political persecution. According to French media, however, it is common in offenses such as the spreading of offensive images or messages, that the judge starts an investigation of the suspect before the lawsuit begins.