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Fillon camp decries "soap opera" of sleaze reports a month from French election

PARIS, Mar 22 (Reuters) Francois Fillon's campaign chief today denounced what he called a daily "soap opera" of media leaks designed to hurt the conservative French candidate's prospects of becoming president.
Bruno Retailleau, Fillon's campaign coordinator, dismissed a further slew of media reports suggesting conflicts of financial and political interest, saying that Fillon's lawyers would meet magistrates who are investigating the former prime minister.
"It's clear that these are orchestrated leaks," he told RTL radio. "We're being dragged into a soap opera."
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