Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi is
under investigation in a probe into the appointment as city
tourism department head of Renato Marra, brother of her former
righthand man, Raffaele Marra, arrested for suspected corruption
last month, judicial sources said Tuesday.
Raggi, elected in a landslide in June as Rome's first woman
mayor, is under investigation on suspicion of abuse of office
and making false public statements and will probably be quizzed
next week, judicial sources said.
Raggi said after being summoned that she had informed the
head of her anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), comedian
Beppe Grillo, her conscience was "clear" and she had "complete"
faith in the justice system.
"We are ready, as always, to collaborate fully with the
magistracy," she said.
The M5S previously required probed members to step down but
has recently softened that stance to weighing possible charges
on a case-by-case basis.
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