Austria’s far-right vice chancellor resigns amid video scandal

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Austria's far-right vice chancellor resigns after video sparks corruption scandal

Austria's Vice Chancellor, Heinz-Christian Strache, said Saturday that he is resigning after two German newspapers published footage of him apparently discussing state contracts with a potential Russian backer in return for political support.

The video was reported on Friday by two of neighboring Germany's leading media outlets — weekly Der Spiegel and newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung — purportedly showing a meeting in Ibiza between Strache, another party official and a woman purporting to be the niece of a Russian oligarch. Strache did not reply to a request for comment about the video. NBC News was not able to verify the authenticity of the footage independently, and the German newspapers did not say how they obtained it.

 

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I thought the Trump family came from Germany...

Hmmm. Where have we heard this before? MuellerReport

And we still have trump and gop who do the same still left in office.

Hmm.... sounds familiar.

Russia has worked out a recipe to control and destroy democracies and they are not going to be adding or deleting any ingredients they have been using for years. To them Democracy's Death wins Best in Show Blue Ribbon Everytime. theworstoftimes time4thehague2act TheResistance

DJT are you making mental notes of this ? You need to do the same come Monday May 20, 2019. If you do there will be major crowds watching, more than the crowds that watched Obama and the Super Bowl, DJT this is your chance to have the biggest audience, go for it

Donald should take good notice of this performance in Austria but his Rep. minions and Russian oligarchs and Vladimir will take care he'll never be in risk of impeachment.

This is just business as usual in Trump world.

It appears this is Russia's newest endeavor- election interference!!!! They back people then influence the gov't thru them!!! It's happening here!!! This guy got caught- we just don't have a 'smoking phone call/email/text' YET.........

Russia once again. It is time to hit back. I know Reagan was not popular for some people, but he put Russia in their place. No bullsh*t. Once we get a real president, we need to step up to Russia.

If he were an American... he’d cry about how unfairly he’s being treated and blame the news media... and it would work.

Russians interfering again

Wow wow wow Trumps across the globe.

He should have declared it to be fake news, fought every attempt to investigate the allegations and then, as a last resort, found an archduke to assassinate to maybe spark a world war. sarcasm

Bye

Austria takes action...pay attention Dems

It appears everyone is on the take for some extra funds to accommodate their extra curricular activities whatever that maybe 🧐🤔

The plot thickens.....

He must be a friend of Trumps.

As well he should..

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