French police have raided the headquarters of the far-right Rassemblement National in an investigation into campaign funding, prompting complaints from the party that it was being targeted for political reasons.

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) headquarters was raided by police on Wednesday over alleged campaign finance violations and fraud.

Investigations around potentially misused funds are piling up for presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen and her party. Leaders are framing the moves as a witch hunt.