The leader of the 5 Star Movement, Giuseppe Conte, vigorously defends Federico Cafiero de Raho, former national anti-mafia and anti-terrorism prosecutor and elected member of the Chamber for the 5 Star Movement. The magistrate was at the head of the DNA from 2017 to 2020, a period affected by the illicit access of the financier Pasquale Striano who, after Minister Crosetto’s complaint following an article in Il Domani, ended up at the center of the prosecutor’s investigation. of Perugia on the alleged file. Guest of Lilli Gruber in the Thursday, March 7, episode of La7’s Otto e mezzo, Conte claims the role of “victim” recalling that he was among those spied on along with his partner Olivia Paladino and “the entire realm of the rational, emotional and professional contact.” “Let us not leave the exponents of the center-right the privilege of claiming the role of victims,” declares the former prime minister.
Cantone reported today at the hearing before the Anti-Mafia Commission: for Conte it is clear from his words that “the national anti-mafia leadership had no defect”, but “we are talking about an unfaithful official who had access to a Guard database of Finance”. Gruber recalls that there are actually several databases subject to illicit access and that Striano probably did not operate alone. “The National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor’s Office has nothing directly to do with this,” argues the M5, the financier entered the networks “with the password code while he was at home, remotely, night and day: the fact of raising this uproar and even accusing the organization and leadership of the national anti-mafia prosecutor of the time is exploitative.”
In short, Conte finally gets to the point: Cafiero de Raho, today in the Anti-Mafia Commission. For the leader Grillino is “a champion of the anti-mafia”, who today “is accused of unworthy exploitations by exponents of the centre-right”, attacks Conte. Gruber then asks him if, to clarify things, it would not be better for the parliamentarian Grillino to resign. Step back? “Are you kidding?” Conte blurts out that the prosecutor cannot be responsible for an unfaithful employee. Although this and other aspects are what Cantone’s investigation should clarify. “But then who should resign?” he insists to the presenter. For Conte, it is necessary to leave to the judiciary “the task of fully verifying the real coherence of these accusations.” And your man must stay in his place…