Nancy French, the wife of prospective independent presidential candidate David French, served as a paid consultant to Mitt Romney’s 2008 presidential campaign and ghostwrote the memoirs of Romney’s wife, Ann. David French himself has a long history of activism on behalf of Mitt Romney. According to reports, Bill Kristol is aiming to get National Review staff writer and Iraq war veteran David French to challenge Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as an independent candidate. On Tuesday, Romney praised the reports of a possible French independent run. “I know David French to be an honorable, intelligent, and patriotic person. I look forward to following what he has to say,” Romney tweeted. Writing at National Review Online last week, French urged Romney to jump into the race and detailed some of his personal ties to Romney: “I’m the first to admit bias,” he wrote. “I know the Romneys, and my wife and I worked tirelessly to assist Mitt’s campaigns in 2008 and 2012, even forming a group called ‘Evangelicals for Mitt’ to convince fellow Evangelicals that a Mormon was the right choice for the White House.” French left out his wife’s paid work for the Romneys. The Frenchs’ support for a Romney