Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa said Tuesday he is resigning after being involved in a widespread corruption probe.Costa said in a nationally televised address that 'in these circumstances, obviously, I have presented my resignation to the president of the...
LISBON, Portugal — Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa said Tuesday he is resigning after being involved in a widespread corruption probe.
The Supreme Court, the state prosecutor’s office said, was also examining the suspects’ “use of the prime minister’s name and his involvement to unlock” the practices being probed. “If there are suspicions, than the judicial authorities are free to look into them ... I am not above the law."An investigative judge issued arrest warrants for Vítor Escária, Costa’s chief of staff, the mayor of the town of Sines, and three other people because they represented a flight risk and to protect evidence, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
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