Fillon Charged With Misusing Public Funds Before French Vote
- Charges in jobs-for-family case came day earlier than expected
- Fillon has said he will stay in race regardless of probe
Francois Fillon Charged With Misuse of Public Funds
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Francois Fillon was charged Tuesday with misuse of public funds, casting a permanent shadow over his bid to become France’s next president.
Fillon was informed of the charges after being questioned by investigative judges looking at whether family members did any real work while on the public payroll as his parliamentary aides, according to the French financial prosecutor’s office. Fillon, who had been due to meet the judges on Wednesday, has denied any wrongdoing and denounced the investigation as a plot by his political opponents to undermine his candidacy.