Two More European Lawmakers to Lose Immunity as ‘Qatargate’ Corruption Investigation Continues

(A statement by MEPs from Italy’s Democratic Party identified them explicitly, saying the party “will vote in favor of revoking the immunity of MEPs Andrea Cozzolino and Marc Tarabella.”)

Kaili, Cozzolino, and Tarabella are all members of the European Parliament’s [Socialists and Democrats] group (S&D).

Kaili was one of the parliament’s 14 vice-presidents but MEPs voted to strip her of that position.

Kaili has already been charged with corruption, membership in a criminal organization, and money laundering.

Alex Aguis Salbia, an MEP from Malta, said Tuesday the scandal has dealt a crippling blow to the parliament’s credibility, but was only the tip of the iceberg.

“Not only are there more countries involved; but what is beginning to emerge, is the picture of a widespread corrupt practice that was more or less ‘systematic’.”

Jan 4, 2023

https://www.cnsnews.com/article/international/james-carstensen/two-more-european-lawmakers-lose-immunity-qatargate

TUCKER CARLSON: This was a 'manufactured panic' about Russia

4 Jan 23

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/tucker-carlson-this-was-a-manufactured-panic-about-russia/ar-AA15Zlhz

Maybe I am wrong—tragically wrong—but I cannot dismiss the suspicion that [we are witnessing an elaborate charade], grossly magnified by prominent elements of the American media, to serve a domestic political end.

So far as Ukraine is concerned, U.S. intrusion into its domestic politics was deep—to the point of seeming to select a prime minister. It also, in effect, supported an illegal coup d’etat that changed the Ukrainian government in 2014, a procedure not normally considered consistent with the rule of law or democratic governance.

Well, as I have suggested earlier, maybe this is just an expensive charade.

14 Feb 22

https://ccisf.org/u-s-ambassadorjack-matlock-todays-crisis-over-ukraine/

"Your real Russia story is uranium."

— President Donald Trump

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/II/II06/20190625/109694/HHRG-116-II06-20190625-SD004.pdf