Joe Chialo Skips Antisemitism Funding Hearing After Botched Invite
The inquiry into Berlin’s culture funding scandal has hit another snag: former culture senator Joe Chialo won’t testify next week. Instead, he's headed to Africa.
The parliamentary committee examining how Berlin’s culture administration handed out antisemitism prevention funds can’t question ex-senator Joe Chialo as planned. His lawyer told the committee Chialo didn’t receive the summons in time – and fresh reporting says it was sent to the wrong address in the first place.
The timeline is awkward. The committee office sent the summons to the Senate Chancellery at the end of April; it was only forwarded to Chialo on Monday, nearly four weeks later. He was slated for a hearing next Friday at the Abgeordnetenhaus; now, that’s off.