His critics say it is being used to help allies convicted of corruption. After joining the e. U. In 2007, romania was pressed to put an end to mass corruption among its politicians. Later, romanias Prime Minister assured Angela Merkel his government is fighting graft intensely. I want to express the determination of the government and the Government Coalition to have and to strengthen a constitutional state in romania to fight corruption and create the best possible legislative conditions for investors. Reporter but leader of this the same Prime Minister was tried for forgery, Money Laundering and tax evasion. He was romanias first Prime Minister to be sued in office. He was far from being romanias only corrupt politician. The countrys anticorruption director has prosecuted former leaders and ministers, 1170 people overall accused of abuse in office. Including the current head of the ruling social democrats. Romania has made progress, but still ranks 57th on the Transparency Internatio
New developments, some Significant Developments i think occurred over the course of the last few days with information that was brought to my attention. And im just going to read a very brief statement. And thats about all i can tell you. But i want to keep you fully informed of whats happening. At our open hearing on monday, i encouraged anyone who has information about relative topics, including surveillance on president elect trump or his Transition Team, to come forward and speak to the house Intelligence Committee. I also said that while there was not a physical wiretap of trump tower, i was concerned that other surveillance activities were used against President Trump and his associates. So first, i recently confirmed that on numerous occasions, the Intelligence Committee collected information about u. S. Citizens involved in the trump transition. Details about u. S. Persons, associated with the incoming administration, details with little or no apparent foreign intelligence valu
Havens. And we will look at how puerto rico has stunned washington and wall street by voting to suspend all payments on its 72 billion public debt. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the race for the white house, tuesday was a big night for the underdogs as democrat Bernie Sanders and republican ted cruz secured decisive victories in the wisconsin primary. Sanders beat rival Hillary Clinton by winning over 56 of the vote. Ted cruz easily defeated frontrunner donald trump by 13 percentage points. Sanders spoke during a rally tuesday night in wyoming, which holds its Democratic Caucus on saturday. With our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses and primaries. [cheers] almost all ofn them with overwhelming landslide numbers. Amy senator ted cruz celebrated his victory during a rally in milwaukee wisconsin. Asa result of tonight a result of the people of wisc
Tremendous to your tremendous governor, Governor Scott walker. Amy then we will go to iceland where the countrys Prime Minister has resigned just days after the Panama Papers revealed he had benefited from offshore investment accounts in tax havens. And we will look at how puerto rico has stunned washington and wall street by voting to suspend all payments on its 72 billion public debt. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the race for the white house, tuesday was a big night for the underdogs as democrat Bernie Sanders and republican ted cruz secured decisive victories in the wisconsin primary. Sanders beat rival Hillary Clinton by winning over 56 of the vote. Ted cruz easily defeated frontrunner donald trump by 13 percentage points. Sanders spoke during a rally tuesday night in wyoming, which holds its Democratic Caucus on saturday. With our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of e
Tremendous to your tremendous governor, Governor Scott walker. Amy then we will go to iceland where the countrys Prime Minister has resigned just days after the Panama Papers revealed he had benefited from offshore investment accounts in tax havens. And we will look at how puerto rico has stunned washington and wall street by voting to suspend all payments on its 72 billion public debt. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the race for the white house, tuesday was a big night for the underdogs as democrat Bernie Sanders and republican ted cruz secured decisive victories in the wisconsin primary. Sanders beat rival Hillary Clinton by winning over 56 of the vote. Ted cruz easily defeated frontrunner donald trump by 13 percentage points. Sanders spoke during a rally tuesday night in wyoming, which holds its Democratic Caucus on saturday. With our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of e