French Court Sentences Former French Prime Minister Fillon for Embezzlement A French court sentenced former Prime Minister Francois Fillon to five years in jail, three of them suspended, for embezzling public funds in a scandal that wrecked his 2017 run for president https://t.co/csWeOqqHRG pic.twitter.com/V7l739XW4f— Reuters (@Reuters) June 29, 2020