Reuters: Fillon bid for French presidency in chaos as MPs call on him to quit
Pressure on French presidential candidate Francois Fillon to quit the race mounted on Thursday as some lawmakers in his own camp urged him to drop his scandal-tainted bid in order to save the conservatives from defeat.
With opinion polls showing the conservatives that their candidate may be fatally damaged, some senior members of The Republicans urged him to pull out now to give the party time to find a good replacement.
Fillon, 62, denied wrongdoing after Le Canard Enchaine newspaper reported the former prime minister had paid his wife hundreds of thousands of euros for work she may not have done.
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Update #1: Pressure mounts on François Fillon as jobs inquiry widens to include children -- The Guardian
Update #2: Fillon payment inquiry: What you need to know -- BBC
WNU Editor: His election campaign is being dwarfed by allegations that he assisted his family to get well paying jobs where no work was done. At least they cannot blame fake news and the Russians for this.
