The former President of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, explained his new sentence with dinner with US President Donald Trump in 2012. The politician wrote about this on his Facebook page.
“By order of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the prosecutor’s office aroused the case of” stirring state funds “against me, which was based on the official expenses of my office during the presidency. These funds were mainly on foreign trips and the reception of foreign leaders and famous politicians, such as Joseph Biden and Hillary Clinton. Among the documents of the case – the receipt for dinner and other expenses related With Donald Trump in Tbilisi and Batumi in 2012, the prosecutor’s office does not claim that I appropriated this money.
According to him, the charges are featured by flowers sent to the funeral of Polish Polish Lech Kachinsky and the former president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel. “The costs of my medical treatment, official costumes and other representative costs are also included,” Saakashvili said.
Earlier, the court in Tbilisi sentenced the former President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili sentenced to 9 years in prison in the waste of more than 8.8 million Lari (about 3 million dollars) of budget funds for personal needs. This was reported by Georgian media.
The term of conclusion has been counted from the moment the ex -president is detained – from October 1, 2021.
At the same time, trials on the events of the events of November 7, 2007 and the illegal crossing of the Georgian border are continuing against the politician.
Currently, Mikhail Saakashvili is already serving a six -year term. The sentences against him were previously sentenced to pardon the murderers of Sandro Girgliani and the beating of deputy Valerie Gelashvili.