FILE PHOTO - French National Front leader Marine Le Pen and presidential election candidate, walks on the Promenade des Anglais with her bodyguard Thierry Legier (R) in Nice, France February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - French police detained far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's bodyguard and chief of staff in custody on Wednesday for questioning over alleged misuse of European Union funds to pay parliamentary assistants, Le Pen's lawyer said.
Le Pen denounced the latest move in a financial sleaze case that has landed her in the spotlight alongside another leading candidate, Francois Fillon, a right-winger being investigated over public funds he paid to his wife and children.
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