Amnesia? Witness’ ‘evasive’ response draws ire of senator-judges
Senator-judge Erwin Tulfo reminds the defense witness, Davao City Assessor Jaime Adalin, that he could be cited in contempt for lying under oath
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SC junks 2025 impeachment-related contempt case vs Tito Sotto
(1st UPDATE) ‘Democracy is founded on respect. With this decision, we double down not only on freedom of expression but on full respect for the respondent,’ the High Court says
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‘No toilet, tiles?’ Estrada office stripped bare ahead of Sotto turnover
(3rd UPDATE) The office of Senator Jinggoy Estrada stresses that this has been a ‘standard practice’ in the Senate and that he had used his own money for ‘most of the items’ that were removed
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‘Floating’ money: Did the Dutertes use manager’s checks to hide wealth off bank balances?
(1st UPDATE) ‘Kaya ako po ginamit po yung word na tinikling is hindi po naiipit sa year-end yung pera. Lumalabas po siya at bumabalik,’ the prosecution’s forensic financial expert Alex Cabrera says
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FACT CHECK: Tito Sotto quote calling for VP Sara’s conviction without evidence is fake
A similar false claim about Sotto supposedly calling for the rules to be bypassed to promptly convict Duterte surfaced in August
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Sara Duterte trial: What was Acosta’s ‘canned answer’ that frustrated the court?
‘I don’t want to hear the template,’ Senator Tito Sotto says of the answers of former OVP special disbursing officer Gina Acosta
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FACT CHECK: Sotto did not call for VP Sara’s ‘immediate’ conviction without due process
There is no statement or interview on record where Sotto urged the Senate to disregard impeachment trial rules to have Duterte convicted immediately
