Commission sends David Rossi photos to prosecutors as Mussari files complaints against Giletti

Commission asks carabinieri to identify the man on the phone

On Tuesday, 3 November 2026, the parliamentary commission of inquiry into David Rossi's death decided to send its photographs to the district prosecutors' offices that are investigating and to task the Siena provincial carabinieri with identifying the man. The commission's president, Gianluca Vinci, announced the decision after a meeting of the bureau. The pictures had already aired on Rai3's Lo stato delle cose the previous evening, Monday 2 November. Vinci said the set totals more than 200 shots taken by a photographer and acquired by the earlier commission, showing the area of via dei Rossi near Vicolo Monte Pio on the evening of 6 March 2013. Lieutenant Colonel Adolfo Gregori, a former commission consultant, will assist the carabinieri. Vinci added that the person shown, or an acquaintance, might come forward before the identification is complete.

Vinci explained the purpose of the request in plain terms:

“The intention is to find out who was in the alley that evening and in that photo.”

Mussari's complaints and Giletti's response

Giuseppe Mussari, who led the Monte dei Paschi foundation from 2001 to 2006 and is named in the commission's work, filed a complaint with prosecutors in Rome and Florence for calumny, aggravated defamation and disclosure of official secrets. His lawyers, Tullio Padovani, Fabio Pisillo and Francesco Marenghi, said the filing includes 21 documents. It targets three groups: the author of statements recorded by the commission's consultants, whom the press has identified as a former collaborator of justice; Massimo Giletti, over a video posted on Instagram on 18 October and remarks in the 19 October broadcast; and anyone who leaked the contents of the records and the identity of the witnesses. A second witness, a detainee, is covered conditionally, in case the full records show accusations against Mussari. Mussari has asked to be heard by magistrates.

Giletti answered the complaint with a single line:

“It is yet another demonstration that battles have a price.”

He said he wanted to understand the reasons behind the action and would do so in court. He insisted he had revealed no classified information, pointing out that the commission chair repeated the same material to journalists the day after it was supposedly sealed.

Lawyers name Luca Anselmi as the man in the photo

Mussari's lawyers said the man in the photograph is not their client and called the attribution false, broadcast to a national audience without checking. They argued that Anselmi and Mussari do not look alike and that a simple photo comparison would show it. A separate lawyer, Lorenzo De Martino, said his client Luca Anselmi is the man in the image, a figure widely known and recognisable in Siena. According to the statement, Anselmi had been wrongly taken for someone else on the programme and had reached the site, like many others, after learning of the tragic event. He said he had made the same point to anyone who contacted him.

Other threads and next steps

The Florence district anti-mafia directorate has an investigation against unknown persons for homicide into Rossi's death, and the Brescia anti-mafia directorate is also looking into the case. The commission had earlier indicated a former Florentine footballer as the presumed organiser of the ambush that it says preceded Rossi's death. That man was due to appear on Tuesday but withdrew his willingness to testify. Vinci said he and his lawyer had stated they would speak if they received the records without omissions, and the withdrawal came before those records could be handed over. The commission will wait at least 30 days before deciding whether to summon him formally again. Next week the commission will hear Rossi's former secretary at Palazzo Te in Mantua, who can speak about her work in the Mantua area and elsewhere. About fifteen days later, the commission plans to hear lawyer Vecoli, who assisted Rossi at the time.