Overview
- The image, dated June 10, 2015, shows Chiara Colosimo posing beside Pamela Perricciolo with a bust of Benito Mussolini.
- Report says the photo also appeared on Perricciolo’s private Facebook profile with the caption about “nonno Benito,” with Colosimo apparently tagged.
- At that time, Colosimo had completed a first term as a regional councillor for Fratelli d’Italia and had already been a parliamentary candidate.
- Report posted the recovered image and an excerpt of the investigation on Facebook, with the episode scheduled to air at 20:30 on November 9.
- Perricciolo told the program she did not recall the photo and downplayed its significance, while national outlets ANSA and Il Sole 24 Ore relayed the findings.