Qatargate: Andrea Cozzolino’s lawyer speaks to the BBC

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A spokesman for the prosecutor twice refused to comment. “,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”After the interview with Mr Conte the BBC sent all his allegations to the prosecutor’s office in Belgium that is leading the investigation. 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