Fillon, Le Pen, under fire over scandals in French election debate

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`Emmanuel Hollande` accused of being heir to current French president    Friday, 31 Mar 2017 | 1:14 AM ET | 02:00 Fillon, a 63-year-old conservative prime minister, and his wife are being investigated over the allegations though they deny any wrongdoing.
Looking ill at ease, Fillon replied that he had made no mistakes and would not take questions on the allegations.
"I won`t be intimidated," he said.
"I`ll take you to court for that," Fillon said, lowering his voice.
Fillon was once frontrunner in the election, but after the fake jobs allegations emerged his ratings tumbled and he is now trailing in third place in the election first round, according to opinion polls, which would mean elimination.
Poutou, a car factory worker who is expected to get only minimal support in the April 23 first round of the election, also had harsh words for Le Pen.
The National Front leader in February used her immunity as EU lawmaker to refuse to go to a police summons over allegations that she had made illegal EU payments to her staff.
"When you`re summoned by police, you go.
There is no workers` immunity," said Poutou in a comment widely picked up on Twitter.