Posted on 12/23/2011 6:54:48 PM PST by decimon
ROME -- A British lawyer says he invented accusations that Silvio Berlusconi paid him $600,000 to lie on the stand to protect the former Italian premier's business interests.
David Mills' testimony Thursday at Berlusconi's corruption trial in Milan undercuts prosecutors' case against the politician.
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And that undercuts the prosecution.
I gotta go. I need an ambulance. Unless you can get over here and pull this fork out of my eye, Decimon.
Gosh, it’s almost as if every lawsuit and every criminal complaint against Silvio has been bogus.
Oh wait — each one has been...
“David Mills’ testimony Thursday at Berlusconi’s corruption trial in Milan undercuts prosecutors’ case against the politician.”
But, it got him out of office, and out of the way of the unelected technocrats now running Italy, which was the original purpose.
But, it got him out of office, and out of the way of the unelected technocrats now running Italy, which was the original purpose.
He was just popular enough with the voters to return to office. This revelation may make him, or his party, more popular.
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