From an alternate dimension: Two Italian members of parliament reportedly ruled out the Egyptian government’s involvement in the murder of the Italian student Giulio Regeni during an interview with the honorary president of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliament Mohammed Aboul Enein (yes, that Mohammed Aboul Enein) that aired on Sada El Balad (run time: 36:53) satellite channel on Monday, according to SIS. Al Mal names one of the politicians as Lucio Barani. Regeni’s murderers are “enemies of the Egyptian and Italian peoples” as well as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, they said. “They accused dissident organizations funded by international economic powers for supporting the perpetrators in order to take Italy’s place in economic relations with Egypt,” and added that they understood Egypt’s refusal to hand over phone records to the Italian government.

Of course, since it’s Sada El Balad, they were perhaps too busy playing Apache: Air Assault to do their homework on Mr. Barani, who was perhaps not the best choice to host for an interview. Barani was suspended from the Italian Senate last October for making an obscene gesture on the Senate floor to a female MP as she was speaking, and has been described as a “pig” by his colleagues. The Italian press has already picked up the Sada El Balad interview.

To whoever decided to host Barani: It was the wrong decision. You do not know what you are doing. Stop.