VIENNA — Anti-corruption prosecutors are investigating Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz over possible false testimony to a parliamentary commission investigating the fallout from the so-called Ibiza sting video that felled a previous government.
Kurz told a news conference arranged at short notice on Wednesday that he and his chief of staff had been placed under investigation, adding: “I knew there was a legal requirement to speak the truth in the commission and therefore of course always answered (questions) truthfully.”
Kurz and his party have clashed with opposition lawmakers in the commission of inquiry, which has looked into issues including suspected nepotism and whet…
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