Monday, February 24, 2020

Former French Prime Minister goes on trial in connection to fake jobs scandal

The former French Prime Minister François Fillon goes on trial on Monday in connection to a scandal that wrecked his 2017 run for president.

He and his wife both deny allegations he paid her hundreds of thousands of euros for doing little, if any, work, as his parliamentary assistant

Ross Cullen has more from Paris.

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