Francois Fillon, former French prime minister, member of the Republicans political party and 2017 presidential election candidate of the French centre-right reacts after delivering a speech in front of small business leaders in Puteaux, France, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) - Senior French conservatives have told their struggling presidential candidate Francois Fillon to tone down the rhetoric, a party source said, after he repeatedly attacked the judiciary and claimed that TV channels had falsely reported his wife had committed suicide.
Fillon's campaign has been reeling for weeks from allegations that his wife, Penelope, was paid taxpayers' money for work she did not do. He has said the scandal and ensuing judicial investigation amount to a plot by his political opponents, and that the justice system has singled him out for special treatment.
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