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That Awful Mess in Rome

Virginia Raggi

Virginia Raggi Source: AAP Image/EPA/ANGELO CARCONI

Rome's embattled Mayor Virginia Raggi said that she knew 'nothing' about a 30,000 euro assurance policy written out in her name by her former cabinet chief Salvatore Romeo. Raggi was questioned in a separate probe in which she is suspected of abuse of office for appointing Renato Marra, brother of her former right-hand man Raffaele Marra, as Rome tourist chief. ANSA Journalist Vincenzo Sinapi reports.


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Rome's embattled Mayor Virginia Raggi said that she knew 'nothing' about a 30,000 euro assurance policy written out in her name by her former cabinet chief Salvatore Romeo. Raggi was questioned in a separate probe in which she is suspected of abuse of office for appointing Renato Marra, brother of her former right-hand man Raffaele Marra, as Rome tourist chief. ANSA Journalist Vincenzo Sinapi reports.



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