Paris, Feb 1 (IANS) Investigators searched the lower chamber of the French Parliament as part of a probe into allegations that the wife of French presidential candidate Francois Fillon earned money in a fake job.
At least one reporter at the scene witnessed agents belonging to France's anti-corruption agency, who on Monday questioned centre-right candidate Fillon and his Welsh wife Penelope, enter the National Assembly -- France's lower house of Parliament, Efe news reported.
Fillon has denied the allegations -- published by satirical weekly "Le Canard Enchain?" -- that his wife earned 500,000 euros ($535,050) of public funds as a parliamentary adviser, despite not actually doing the job.
While he said the accusations were part of a smear campaign, the investigators reportedly searched Fillon's own office.
Fillon was widely regarded as a favourite in the upcoming French presidential elections where he is to run against far-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen, Socialist Party candidate Benoit Hamon and the centrist Emmanuel Macron.
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