Suspicions of fictitious jobs: the Fillon spouses again before the judges – Franceinfo

The Fillon couple, who appealed their first conviction in June 2020, find themselves again in court on Monday, November 15. “A year and a half ago, during the trial at first instance, François Fillon was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, two of which was firm, to a fine of 375,000 euros and ten ineligibility, for embezzlement. public over one million euros “, recalls journalist Chloé Barbaux, live from the Palais de Justice in Paris. The judgment ruled that François Fillon had made “to prevail his personal interest on the common interest, for the purpose of personal enrichment”.

The former Prime Minister will therefore have to explain again about the employment of his wife, Pénélope Fillon, as parliamentary assistant between 1998 and 2013. “For the prosecution, these benefits would be fictitious and overestimated. As in first instance, François Fillon’s lawyers should file two priority questions of constitutionality, relating in particular to the prescription of the facts”, specifies Chloé Barbaux. The couple is expected at this trial in second instance early Monday afternoon.