(ANSA) - Rome, January 27 - Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi, a
member of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), on
Friday denied reports she was negotiating with prosecutors for
an agreement in relation to an abuse-of-office probe into an
appointment.
"After false (media) reconstructions of telephone calls
between me and (M5S leader) Beppe Grillo, a phantom negotiation
with Rome prosecutors has been invented," Raggi said on Grillo's
blog.
"I'm sorry for those who made it up, but when I have
something to say, I'll say it to the magistrates, which is how
things should be.
"The rest are fantasies which, at this point, will be
evaluated by the magistrates".
Raggi is under investigation in a probe into the appointment
as city tourism department head of Renato Marra, brother of her
former personnel chief, Raffaele Marra, who was arrested for
suspected corruption last month. Renato Marra's appointment has
been revoked.
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