Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's key ally, Antal Rogán, has been sanctioned by the US for alleged corruption. Rogán is accused of using his position to benefit government-aligned businesses and enrich himself. US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman called it a 'kleptocratic ecosystem' and stated that many others within the Hungarian government are involved.
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“For too long, senior government officials in Hungary have used positions of power to enrich themselves and their families, moving significant funds from the public purse into private pockets,” Pressman said, adding that there were “many others involved” in such corruption within Hungary's government.
The authority used to designate Rogán is a Trump-era executive order that implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, which targets human rights abusers and corruption around the world. Responding to the sanctions, Hungary's foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, wrote on social media: “This is personal revenge against Antal Rogán by the ambassador sent by the failed U.S. administration to Hungary, but who is now leaving ingloriously and without success."
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