Inside the inquiry into the Lehrmann trial
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The DPP's Claims About Police Pressure and Political Intimidation
DPP Shane Drum Gold has been under a lot of scrutiny. How have his claims, those claims he initially made around police pressure and political interference? How have they held up? On Wednesday, when asked about the police pressure, the inquiry heard that Drum Gold had begun to believe that there could be a political conspiracy to derail the case. So did you think there was a conspiracy report? I had not formed a view solidly one way or another, but I thought that there was enough incidences to make it possible, if not probable. This claim made nationwide headlines, but then on Thursday he was asked again and he walked back his claim.
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