Victorious former EU Parliament staffer said the court verdict was a blow against “politically driven” prosecutions elsewhere of Donald Trump-allied figures.
Italian courts have vindicated a scheme, sponsored by key allies of former U.S. President Donald Trump, to set up a “gladiator school” for right-wing wannabe politicians in an ancient monastery in the mountains of central Italy.
Benjamin Harnwell, a former British Conservative European Parliament staffer, rented out the 700-year-old Trisulti charterhouse east of Rome in 2017 with a view to establishing an “Academy for the Judeo-Christian West” with his longtime friend Steve Bannon, the hard-right activist and podcaster who played a key role in Trump’s election victory in 2016.
Shortly after moving in, Harnwell was sued by Italy’s top state prosecutor, which alleged that he had fraudulently obtained the lease for the monastery and failed to pay €200,000 in rent.
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