After the PenelopeGate, the French investigative website Mediapart accuses François Fillon of taking advantage of a mechanism destined to facilitate the embezzlement of public funds intended for senators. According to the online news site, "accounting documents" would prove that the presidential candidate took advantage of a "clandestine mechanism of appropriation of public funds" between 2005 and 2007 when he was a senator.

It is a fresh blow for the candidate of the French presidential elec...