Fillon tells Paris court 'fake jobs' scandal caused ‘irreparable damage'

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The former French prime minister and presdential candidate gave statement during trial in which he is accused of wrongfully putting his wife on the payroll.

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François Fillon, once the front-runner to become France’s president but who fell from grace after being accused of wrongfully putting his wife on the payroll in a “fake jobs” scandal, told a Paris court Thursday that the allegations had caused “irreparable damage”.