Salvini did 'useful service' for Italy, he tells court in migrant trial
A defiant Matteo Salvini, Italy's deputy prime minister, defended his hard line against illegal migration in court on Friday, saying he had done a "useful service" in blocking migrants from disembarking at an Italian port in 2019. In court Friday, Salvini read from a series of official emails and documents, seeking to demonstrate how the entire Italian government at the time, including Conte, was behind the migration policy -- and the decision to block the rescue vessel operated by Open Arms.