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Last man standing from Morsi’s regime provokes corruption scandal

There's a commotion in Egypt over government corruption — not whether there is any, but rather how much.

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Hisham Geneina, the head of Egypt’s Accountability State Authority, sits in his office, Dec. 25, 2015. — FACEBOOK/Hisham.Genenia

The top Egyptian official tasked with investigating corruption is now the subject of an investigation himself — more than one, actually.

This week, many members of Egypt's parliament are calling for a fact-finding committee to investigate Hisham Geneina, head of the Accountability State Authority (ASA), and his claims of government corruption.

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