Turin prosecutors on Tuesday
successfully asked judges to set a date for a possible trial of
Interior Minister Matteo salvini for allegedly insulting
magistrates.
The trial, if it goes ahead, will come before the summer,
judicial sources said.
For any trial to take place, the deputy premier's
parliamentary immunity would have to be lifted.
Salvini, whose prosecution has been asked for allegedly
kidnapping some migrants aboard a coast guard ship in a standoff
with the EU but who is unlikely to stand trial for that, has
often criticised the judiciary.
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