Rome’s Embattled Mayor Cleared In City Hall Job Trial • Channels Television

An Italian court on Saturday cleared Rome’s mayor Virginia Raggi in a trial that could have cost her her job.

Raggi, a member of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) who became the city’s first female mayor two years ago, was acquitted of corrupt practices over a senior appointment at city hall.

“This verdict has swept away two years of mud,” said Raggi, who burst into tears when her acquittal was announced.

In a Facebook post, Raggi thanked the court for “putting an end to two years during which I was attacked in the media and politically with unprecedented violence and unjustified ferocity”.

Prosecutors had sought a 10-month jail term against the 40-year-old and if convicted she would have been forced to resign. Media reports said they were…