House postpones discussion of Sgarbi motion to Feb 15. Culture Undersecretary Vittorio SGarbi is under criminal probe into alleged laundering of cultural assets.
Italy's antitrust authority is investigating if lavish reported earnings from various private contracts represent an activity incompatible with that of being a member of the government. The undersecretary has said he is innocent and on Tuesday he was fined 2,000 euros for defaming former Romemayor Virginia Raggi in a TV interview.