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Former French prime minister and wife go on trial for fraud

by Associated Press
| February 24, 2020 1:05 AM

PARIS (AP) — He was the front-runner to be president of France. Instead, former Prime Minister Francois Fillon is going on trial to face fraud charges after he used public funds to pay his wife and children for work they allegedly never performed.

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