He could have been president of France. Instead, former Prime Minister Francois Fillon is going on trial to face fraud charges after he used public funds to richly pay his wife and children for work they allegedly never performed.
SYLVIE CORBET and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Politics
Mon, 02/24/2020 - 1:35am
He could have been president of France. Instead, former Prime Minister Francois Fillon is going on trial to face fraud charges after he used public funds to richly pay his wife and children for work they allegedly never performed.