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Portuguese prime minister resigns after being caught up in corruption probe
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Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Portuguese state prosecutor says police have arrested the chief of staff of Prime Minister Antonio Costa on Tuesday Nov. 7, 2023 while making multiple raids of public buildings and other properties as part of a widespread corruption probe. An investigative judge issued arrest warrants for Vitor Escaria, Costa's chief of staff, the mayor of Sines, and three other people. - photo by AP Photo/Virginia Mayo
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa said Tuesday he is resigning after being involved in a widespread corruption probe. Costa said in a nationally televised address that “in these circumstances, obviously, I have presented my resignation to the president of the republic.” Costa's shocking announcement came hours after Portuguese police arrested his chief of staff while raiding several public buildings and other properties as part of a widespread corruption probe. The Supreme Court, the state prosecutor’s office said, was also examining the suspects’ “use of the prime minister’s name and his involvement to unlock” the practices being probed.