Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is under investigation

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is under investigation after allegedly using government funds in a corrupt deal. Prosecutors allege that an unnamed media company “received payments” in return for published manipulated opinion polls and positive coverage between 2016 and 2018.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is under investigation over claims that government money was used in a corrupt deal to ensure positive coverage in a tabloid newspaper, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is under investigation over claims that government money was used in a corrupt deal to ensure positive coverage in a tabloid newspaper.

What people are saying?

Adam Pawloff Polls, which according to the investigators records, were not only faked, but also paid for with taxpayers money by means of fake invoices to the finance ministry for an anti-corruption study (oh the irony).

Simon7231 This is not entirely accurate. They weren’t “polls beneficial to him”, they were “fake polls”, made up by kurz’s closest circle. First to damage the leader of his own conservative party, later to damage other political parties. They were not “beneficial”, they were “fake”.