Romanian government’s deputy secretary general Cristina Trăilă probed for complicity in influence peddling

Update: Cristina Trăilă announced on Wednesday, August 26, that she resigned as deputy secretary-general of the Romanian government amid a criminal investigation, while maintaining that she is “completely innocent.” Her mandate will end on September 15, and she will remain on annual leave until then.

“I am completely innocent, and I have not the slightest doubt that this will be clarified during the criminal investigation stage,” Trăilă wrote on Facebook, where she also published her resignation request.