French Court Probes Leave Le Pen Unscathed as Fillon Bid Falters

``"The National Front is seen as persecuted by the system so their supporters think that if everyone else has gotten rich of the system, it's good for them to get some of that money back," said Jean-Yves Camus, a political scientist linked to the Jean Jaures research institute. "Fillon tried to use the conspiracy angle but it doesn't work because he's from the system."''