Probe into France's Fillon widened to include suits gift - judicial source


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  • Friday, 17 Mar 2017

Francois Fillon, former French prime minister, member of the Republicans political party and 2017 presidential election candidate of the French centre-right, delivers his speech during a campaign rally in Pertuis, France, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

PARIS (Reuters) - The fraud investigation into French presidential candidate Francois Fillon has been widened to include luxury suits he received as gifts, a judicial source said on Thursday.

The former prime minister had already been placed under formal investigation on Tuesday on suspicion of misusing public funds linked to salaries he paid his wife and children.

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