A former French prime minister, Fillon is running for the centre-right Republican party. Previously a frontrunner, his race has been racked by a scandals accusing him of everything from mishandling funds in order to pay his wife (for a job that allegedly didn’t exist) to accepting gifts of finely tailored suits.
21 April 2017
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