Fillon case now in hands examining magistrate

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PARIS (Reuters / RTR)- A French court will, at the request of the prosecutor research into presidential candidate Francois Fillon and his wife. The prosecutor had to know Friday. Fillon has accused that he would pay his wife several hundred thousand euros for work they never did.

Earlier there was a preliminary investigation by the police. The matter over to give a judge, there are more resources for research.

Fillon is a candidate for the center-right party Les Républicains (LR) but is for weeks under severe pressure because of the allegations. Fillon would for years as a parliamentarian have to charge his wife and collaborator, as she has done no demonstrable work. The case came rolling by a satirical weekly.

Fillon says that his wife worked and that he has not violated any law. He considers the publications as a slanderous campaign to eliminate him and his party. Fillon will not retreat, but he slumped in opinion polls.