In November 2021, François Fillon has another court date, for his appeal trial. In June 2020, the former prime minister was sentenced to five years in prison, including two firm ones, a fine of 375,000 euros and ten years of disqualification, in the case of suspicion of fictitious works by Penelope Fillon. His wife, who is seeking release, was also sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 375,000 euros. For this resource, the couple challenges this first decision. On the background, the one who was also the unsuccessful candidate of the right in the last presidential elections will have to explain again about the employment of his wife as a parliamentary assistant between 1998 and 2013, when he was a deputy. The couple are also being prosecuted for their two sons’ employment as parliamentary aides to their senator father between 2005 and 2007, as well as Penelope Fillon’s lucrative contract as a “literary adviser” in 2012 and 2013 at the Revue des two worlds. François Fillon is finally being prosecuted for not having declared a loan of 50,000 euros to the High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life (HATVP). He had been acquitted at this point by the court.
Source: BFM TV
