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Italy’s Meloni shocks opponents with alleged rape video

FILE - Enrico Letta speaks in Rome Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022 The far-right candidate Giorgia Meloni, who aspires to be Italy’s first female premier came under fire from opponents Monday, Aug. 22, 2022 for posting a pixelized video that purports to show a woman being raped by an asylum seeker. Democratic Party leader Enrico Letta, countered that reposting the video went beyond “the bounds of dignity and decency.” (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP, File)

FILE - Fratelli d' Italia (Brothers of Italy) party leader Giorgia Meloni speaks during a center-right opposition rally in Rome's central Piazza del Popolo, Saturday, July 4, 2020. The far-right candidate, who aspires to be Italy’s first female premier, came under fire Monday Aug. 22, 2022 from opponents for posting a pixelized video that purports to show a woman being raped by an asylum seeker. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File)

Italy’s Meloni shocks opponents with alleged rape video