Puglia Governor Michele Emiliano
on Wednesday showed prosecutors probing suspected graft at
civil-service procurement agency CONSIP the text messages he had
received from Tiziano Renzi, father of ex-premier Matteo Renzi,
and from Sports Minister Luca Lotti. The elder Renzi is
suspected of influence peddling in the probe, while Lotti is
suspected of tipping off CONSIP chief Luigi Marroni into the
ongoing investigation, allowing him to have bugs removed form
his office. Prosecutors suspect the texts were sent to set up a
meeting with businessman Carlo Russo from which arrested
businessman Alfredo Romeo could benefit to get his hands on
CONSIP contracts, judicial sources said.
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