The right-wing commentator doubled down on her allegedly defamatory claims about the President and First Lady of France.

Candace Owens has doubled down on her baseless conspiracy theory that the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron was “born a man,” which prompted a defamation lawsuit against the far-right provocateur over the “demonstrably false” claims she’s made throughout her “transvestigation.”

French president and his wife are suing the right-wing influencer over bizarre claims Brigitte Macron was born a man

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Candace Owens faces a massive lawsuit from France’s President Macron after spreading a bizarre conspiracy theory claiming Macron’s wife is secretly transgender—and it gets even weirder from there.