Berlusconi Appears at Trial as Prosecutors Seek Conviction
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi appeared in court for the first time in eight years as prosecutors step up efforts to convict him of corruption after he lost his immunity.
Berlusconi, 74, appeared at the Milan hearing today of a trial in which he’s accused of tax fraud in purchasing film rights for Mediatrade SpA, a unit of his Mediaset SpA company. He denies the allegations and called the trial “ridiculous” and a bid to drive him from office in an interview earlier today on Canale 5, one of his television stations.