Kurz Under Investigation
Austria's anti-corruption authorities suspect the chancellor may have lied to a parliamentary investigative committee looking into the Ibiza affair
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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is currently under investigation by Austria’s anti-corruption authorities, the WKStA, over possible false statements made to the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the Ibiza affair. Kurz has not been charged by the WKStA—currently undertaking a sweeping investigation into ties financial and political between the ÖVP and FPÖ, the international gambling giant Novomatic, and the partly state-owned casinos operator Casinos Austria—and he remains innocent until proven otherwise.
The WKStA’s investigation concerns a sitting of the Ibiza committee at which Kurz appeared in June 2020. Kurz was asked whether he had been involved in the decision to appoint Thomas Schmid, secretary general in the finance ministry, head of Austria Holding PLC. In the sense that he was kept informed, yes, Kurz said. Kurz was subsequently asked if he had ever spoken to Sch…
