The Turkish prosecutor against Renzi in the courtroom. The former prime minister: “Are you going to process me for interviews?”

The clash between the two at the end of the preliminary hearing on the investigation into the former Renzian Open foundation. The prosecutor has requested the indictment of the former prime minister and the other suspects, including Lotti, Boschi, Carrai and Bianchi

Never before had a prosecutor approached the defendant in a courtroom and reproached him with the contents of an interview issued to a newspaper. It happened today, at the end of the preliminary hearing underway in Florence on the investigation into the former Renzian Open foundation. The prosecutor has asked for the indictment of former prime minister Matteo Renzi, Luca Lotti, Maria Elena Boschi, Marco Carrai and Alberto Bianchi, together with some entrepreneurs and four companies, under investigation for various reasons of illegal party financing, corruption, money laundering and trafficking in illicit influences. At the end of the hearing, the deputy prosecutor Luca Turco approached the visibly annoyed Renzi, showing the interview that the leader of Italia viva had given to “La Stampa” during the day. Renzi replied, in the presence of lawyers and insiders, saying: “And now what is he doing? Are you also trying me for my interviews? I repeat that I do not trust her. I have respected the law, she has not respected the sentence of the Court of Cassation”. The discussion lasted almost ten minutes in front of all the lawyers.