The Austrian vice chancellor and figurehead of the far right party FPOE resigned in disgrace today due to a leaked video showing him talking to a fake Russian investor (it was a set up). Among other things he mentioned wanting her to purchase the biggest mass tabloid paper in Austria so his party could sneakily infiltrate it - giving them a huge boost in the upcoming election (the whole thing happened in Summer 2017). And the chancellor called for a snap election. This is fucking huge. For some time now it seemed like there's nothing this guy could say or do that could possibly hurt his career in anyway. And now it turns out he already fucked himself over spectacularly before he even got into office. His right hand was involved in the scandal as well and has also resigned. He'd been quite vile character who's been in the news for his awful remarks and sketchy propositions time and time again. Good fucking riddance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/w...gns-video.html