A judge seized funds, $2.4 million, during a political / government money corruption case.
But, as if a Nancy Pelosi, the French political party is claiming it's a matter of the right using courts politically and a matter of freedom to prevent Courts from ruling against the left in CRIMINAL CASES.
(they are charged with criminally removing $2.4 million from taxpayers, and no doubt may face jail time if prosecution is crafty enough and has the will to do so)
the $2.4 million by french law was considered "subsidy" in nature
She (and others in the nat rally) are accused of using funds earmarked for parliamentary assistants (and instead re-directed the money to themselves, ongoing since 2009)