Andrej Babis, who served as prime minister from 2017 to 2021, has always denied any wrongdoing, calling the trial 'a political process'
Mr Babis was charged for helping take his Stork Nest farm south of Prague out of his giant Agrofert food, chemicals and media holding to make it eligible for a €1.87 million European Union subsidy for small companies.
Mr Babis, who served as prime minister from 2017 to 2021, has always denied any wrongdoing, calling the trial"a political process" ahead of the presidential election starting on Friday. "NOT GUILTY! I'm very glad that we have an independent judiciary and that the court confirmed what I had been saying from the start," Mr Babis said in a tweet.
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