The police raided the Paris home of the candidate for President of France françois Fillon and his wife. This writes the newspaper Parisien.
According to the newspaper, was searched by order of the court investigators, which on February 24 was requested to undertake an extended investigation into the misappropriation of budget funds.
The scandal erupted after the publication of the Canard enchaine article whose author claimed that his wife Penelope Fillon received a salary as an assistant parliamentarian françois Fillon from the funds intended for payment of service of parliamentarians.
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