He says he acted to save Italy and will do it again when he returns to power.

Italy’s Senate voted to remove the immunity Matteo Salvini enjoyed as a minister.

Members of his League party left the chamber to avoid participating in the process in which former coalition partners voted to prosecute him.

The charges relate to the ship Gregoretti on which migrants rescued at sea were held for week because Salvini ordered it not be allowed to dock in an Italian port.

Salvini says he’s tell the court how his action saved thousands of lives. 

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