Police Search EU Parliament Office in Russia Meddling Probe

Police outside the European Parliament during a search, in Brussels on May 29.Photographer: Laurie Dieffembacq/Belga/Sipa/AP Photo
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Belgian investigators conducted searches at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday morning over potential Russian interference.

The federal judicial police searched the office of a parliament employee as well as their home in Brussels, the federal prosecutors office said in a statement. A search of the employee’s office in the European Parliament in Strasbourg was also carried out at the request of the Belgian examining magistrate.