He was fired by the defense minister after writing a book deemed offensive to women, gays and Blacks. Salvini’s gamble to put the provocative Vannacci out front for the June 6-9 vote is something of a Hail Mary pass for the League, which has hemorrhaged support in recent years to the more hard-right Brothers of Italy party of Premier Giorgia Meloni.
Texas authorities said they found thousands of files depicting images and videos of child porn on the man’s phone.
His availability for Game 1 against Denver on Saturday is unclear.