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Austrian chancellor under investigation for corruption May 12, 2021 GMT BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz confirmed Wednesday that he is under investigation by anti-corruption authorities on suspicion he made false statements to a parliamentary commission — allegations he denied. Kurz told lawmakers that the investigation by the Economic and Corruption Prosecutor’s Office is centered on statements he gave during a parliamentary probe focused on his coalition partner party�...

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has denied allegations that he made false statements to a parliamentary commission that triggered the collapse of his previous government in 2019.

A private advisor, at one point he ran for president of the united states. when he allegations that people like victor shokin are truth tellers and marie yo vvanovitchs criminal, what do we make of this? >> it is not just a lie, but it is a particularly egregious type of lie. it is the exact opposite of what happened. shokin is a corruption prosecutor, the imf and republicans in the senate including senator portman of ohio and senator johnson signed a letter pushing ukraines government to fire s...

Silence of potential witnesses and all this, theyre saying is a big, big concern for them and that is why he should remain in jail, and, of course, there could be possibly other charges in connection with this case, poppy. >> yeah, thats right. okay, shimon, thank you so much. keep us posted. joining us to discuss it a former corruption prosecutor for the southern district of new york where this case will be tried. thanks so much for taking the time this morning? thanks for having me, jim. >> ...

Analyst. jack quinn is one as well. also, former u.s. attorney michael moore and the former corruption prosecutor for the southern district of new york. good evening, thank you all for joining with us. laura, ill start with you. michael cohen pleading guilty to eight felonies and paul manafort guilty on eight counts. a dramatic and monumental day in u.s. history. >> it absolutely, is and if youre talking about this from the perspective everyone saying hold on. none of this says russian collusion...

Corruption prosecutor for the southern district of new york. good evening, thank you all for joining with us. laura, ill start with you. michael cohen pleading guilty to eight felonies and paul manafort guilty on eight counts. a dramatic and monumental day in u.s. history. >> it absolutely, is and if youre talking about this from the perspective everyone saying hold on. none of this says russian collusion happened. none of this is actually about russian collusion. well, that is quite the distrac...

>> he spent eight months of home confinement, five years of probation. it was on the scale of public corruption prosecutions in the southern district. it was relatively minor which makes it all the more remarkable in some way that donald trump has never met the guy, he apparently called him last night and spoke to him for the first time. he didnt go through the normal procedures. and so this is just aside from the message that well talk about in a minute im sure, this is also just another effort...

Corruption prosecutions in the southern district. it was relatively minor which makes it all the more remarkable in some way that donald trump has never met the guy, he apparently called him last night and spoke to him for the first time. he didnt go through the normal procedures. and so this is just aside from the message that well talk about in a minute im sure, this is also just another effort of donald trump to undermine the general practices, policies, and regulations of the department of j...

In the cost of living is so high on long island that they will probably just be figuring out how to get the kids to college and how to be able to afford retirement. when you would take away that deduction from them, their taxes would go up by thousands of dollars. >> whos paying for that deduction? its the states that dont have an economy income tax. youre asking for the subsidy from other people who earn even less. i agree with you on lowering taxes but why should other people pay for the earn ...

High on long island that they will probably just be figuring out how to get the kids to college and how to be able to afford retirement. when you would take away that deduction from them, their taxes would go up by thousands of dollars. >> whos paying for that deduction? its the states that dont have an economy income tax. youre asking for the subsidy from other people who earn even less. i agree with you on lowering taxes but why should other people pay for the earn less than people in your dis...