section_path: Political career/Minister of Justice (2017)
section_name: Minister of Justice (2017)
paragraph_text: Minister of Justice (2017)
  
  On 17 May 2017, Bayrou was appointed as Minister of Justice in the first Philippe government.
  
  Le Canard enchaîné published information that Democratic Movement politician Marielle de Sarnez had been paid for work she had not actually done, embroiling Bayrou in a scandal about fictitious jobs. France Info later reported that MoDem had "over a dozen" fictitious jobs in the European Parliament.
  
  Bayrou resigned several days before the 2017 legislative election, only 35 days after he had taken the post. He was found not guilty of those accusations in February 2024.
  
  On 17 May 2017, Bayrou was appointed as Minister of Justice in the first Philippe government.
  
  Le Canard enchaîné published information that Democratic Movement politician Marielle de Sarnez had been paid for work she had not actually done, embroiling Bayrou in a scandal about fictitious jobs. France Info later reported that MoDem had "over a dozen" fictitious jobs in the European Parliament.
  
  Bayrou resigned several days before the 2017 legislative election, only 35 days after he had taken the post. He was found not guilty of those accusations in February 2024.
  
  On 17 May 2017, Bayrou was appointed as Minister of Justice in the first Philippe government.
  
  Le Canard enchaîné published information that Democratic Movement politician Marielle de Sarnez had been paid for work she had not actually done, embroiling Bayrou in a scandal about fictitious jobs. France Info later reported that MoDem had "over a dozen" fictitious jobs in the European Parliament.
  
  Bayrou resigned several days before the 2017 legislative election, only 35 days after he had taken the post. He was found not guilty of those accusations in February 2024.