MEP Kaili faces jail if she breaks media gag order, lawyer says

Politician Eva Kaili, who is being investigated over corruption allegations dubbed Qatargate, could face legal repercussions if she speaks to the media about the scandal, Brussels-based news site POLITICO has reported.

Kaili, who is an active MEP and former vice president of the European Parliament, could be "threatened with being put back in prison if she makes any comment, direct or indirect, about her case to the media," one of her lawyers said in an email to a European Parliament committee.

The Qatargate scandal broke out when authorities discovered bags of cash in the homes and offices of several European Parliament members and aides in December 2022, among which was Kaili and her partner and former parliamentary assistant Francesco Giorgi.

Kaili, who maintains her innocence, was arrested in flagrante delicto by Belgian authorities over her alleged...