{"id":57606,"date":"2023-07-21T16:56:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=57606"},"modified":"2023-07-21T17:16:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T15:16:55","slug":"700-000-dollars-for-a-picture-with-trump-spak-probes-metas-lobbying-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/700-000-dollars-for-a-picture-with-trump-spak-probes-metas-lobbying-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201c700.000 dollars for a photo with Trump\u201d, SPAK probes Meta\u2019s lobbying in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy of the Freedom Party, who is also the Vice Chairman of this political force, Petrit Vasili appeared at the Special Prosecutor\u2019s Office (SPAK) on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Vasili stayed in the premises of the Special Prosecutor\u2019s Office for about 2 hours and is reported to have provided clarifications regarding the investigations being conducted on the party\u2019s lobbying in the United States, concerning an undisclosed sum of 700,000 dollars.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving the Prosecutor\u2019s office, Vasili stated that he was there as a person who possesses information but did not provide further explanations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey [SPAK] had a few questions they were interested in and I informed them. Ask them [SPAK] on which case,\u201d said Vasili after coming out of the Prosecutor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the former Secretary-General of the Freedom Party (which changed its name from the Socialist Movement for Integration), Endrit Braimllari, also provided explanations to the prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Anti-Corruption Structure has initiated investigations following the complaint by former deputy Halit Valteri, who claims that during the time the party was led by Ilir Meta, through a company based in Cyprus, it lobbied in the United States with money of unknown origin.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint alleges that the party, led by Meta at that time, paid 700,000 US dollars for lobbying in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Last May, Austrian newspaper \u201cKronen Zeitung\u201d published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2708306\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>article<\/strong><\/span><\/a> stating that Meta paid 700,000 dollars for lobbying through a Cypriot company, in order to secure a photo at former President Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations are ongoing to determine if the payments were declared in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n<p>SPAK has registered the criminal proceedings solely based on the complaint and criminal offenses, but without specific names of suspects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy of the Freedom Party, who is also the Vice Chairman of this political force, Petrit Vasili appeared at the Special Prosecutor\u2019s Office (SPAK) on Friday. 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