Romania: Protesters gather outside Bucharest court as PSD leader Dragnea faces corruption charges

M/S Malin Bot and PSD supporters *UPSOUND* (Romania): "You are from #rezist, you take money from them. Oh, wait. Who is #rezist? It's you! It's Soros, Soros, you know it better."
M/S Journalist Malin Bot escorted away
M/S PSD supporters angry with media *UPSOUND* (Romania): ") "Leave us, lady, go away. Go, go. You, lady, keep it quiet, too."
M/S PSD supporters behind barricades
M/S Protesters from #rezist booing as Adrian Severin leaves the premises *UPSOUND* (Romania): "You disgraced Romania in the European Parliament, we became the talk of all Europe, with your machinations. Go to jail! You are a disgrace for us, the Romanian people."
M/S Malin Bot and Costinel Alexandrescu, PSD supporter
W/S PSD supporters chanting (Romanian):"PSD"
M/S #rezist protester with banner saying (Romanian): "I insist for the rule of law"
M/S Protester arguing with Adrian Severin, former Member of the European Parliament and PSD
SOT, Costinel Alexandrescu, PSD supporter (Romanian): "We are here because Liviu Dragnea is on trial for having hired two women and for offering them a paycheck. That's the reason for the trial. Not because of having stolen houses or anything like that. We are here for you, for all the Romanians, we want a fair judiciary for all of us. For our children."
M/S PSD supporters and police
SOT, PSD supporter (Romanian): "Shame on her, because she's doing what she'd doing with Iohannis, against Romania. And she trains him and she manipulates him in order to destroy Romania.
SOT, Reporter (Romanian): "Who do you mean?"
SOT, PSD supporter (Romanian): "Mrs Merkel"
M/S #rezist protester with banner
M/S PSD supporters with sign reading (Romanian):"Stop hunting Dragnea"
M/S PSD supporter holding sign reading (Romanian): "Romania, stop devouring your patriots"
M/S Protester from #rezist showing photo of Dragnea with the caption (Romanian): "convicted"
M/S PSD supporters behind barrier
M/S Romanian Supreme Court
M/S PSD supporters
M/S PSD supporters
M/S PSD supporters and police
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Supporters and detractors of Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader Liviu Dragnea, faced off outside the Romanian Supreme Court in Bucharest on Monday, as the court heard closing arguments in a corruption case involving Dragnea.
Dozens of Social Democratic Party (PSD) supporters faced off with a handful of protesters from the anti-corruption movement #rezist as the charged up scene saw the likes of independent journalist Malin Bot being escorted away from the crowd, even as PSD member and former European Parliament member Adrian Severin was booed by #rezist members calling him "a disgrace for us, the Romanian people."
Dragnea is facing a second prison term for corruption charges in a criminal case where he is accused of having pressured officials from Romania's Child Protection Services to add PSD employees to the state's payroll.
He was initially sentenced to 3 and a half years on these charges, but both defence and prosecution subsequently appealed, with prosecutors seeking the maximum sentence of seven and a half year for repeat offenders.
Dragnea was convicted of electoral fraud in 2015 and received a suspended one-year sentence, and if convicted for a second time he will have to serve this sentence as well. After hearing the closing arguments, the Supreme Court justices have adjourned, pending a ruling on May 27.