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Fillon to be probed over clothing gifts: judicial source

PARIS, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – France’s embattled conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon, charged over a fake jobs scandal, will also be probed over luxury suits he received as gifts, a judicial source said Thursday.
The probe into possible influence peddling is focusing on clothing
furnished by jet-set tailor Arnys in February worth 13,000 euros ($14,000) and paid for by an unnamed friend, the source told AFP.