The lawyer of Vitor Escaria, accused in the lithium and green hydrogen investigation, said this Thursday that the amount of money seized from the office of the former chief of staff of the prime minister is “a fact emphasized in the indictment.”
Speaking to reporters in court, Thiago Rodríguez Bastos said that the 75,000 and 800 euros discovered on Tuesday during searches ordered by the prosecutor’s office related to “other professional activities preceding the functions that [Vítor Escária] The lawyer also considered that “this fact has nothing to do with the prosecutor’s thesis.”
This Thursday, António Costa signed the order to dismiss Vitor Escaria from the post of head of administration.
An investigation into lithium and green hydrogen projects led to Antonio Costa’s resignation on Tuesday after the ministry said the prime minister was the subject of an independent Supreme Court investigation.