Overview

• Prosecutors in Caltanissetta are investigating Gioacchino Natoli, former Rome chief prosecutor Giuseppe Pignatone and General Stefano Screpanti for alleged favoring of the mafia tied to the 1990s case.
• Intercepts capture senator and Antimafia Commission member Roberto Scarpinato previewing questions and advising Natoli ahead of his January 2024 testimony, including a plan to overwhelm the Commission chair with documents.
• Rai3 aired portions of the confidential recordings, and coverage detailed disparaging comments by Natoli and family members about Paolo Borsellino’s relatives that further inflamed the dispute.
• Scarpinato rejects the allegation that a July 1992 archiving request was concealed from a meeting attended by Borsellino and denies coordinating testimony, describing the latest reports as a smear campaign.
• Il Giornale reports that a request to strip the intercepts from Commission files was denied and that, in questioning, Pignatone admitted buying a house at a discount with a partial cash payment from an entrepreneur suspected of mafia ties.