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The defense’s allegations in the instructional debate of Operation Marquês are resumed in court today with the presentation of the arguments of Carlos Santos Silva, a friend of former Prime Minister José Sócrates, who is the main defendant in the process
After the interruption of this procedural phase on March 12, due to the covid-19 pandemic, the investigating judge Ivo Rosa scheduled three more sessions for defense lawyers to make their allegations today and Wednesday at this stage.
Today’s session begins with the allegations of lawyer Paula Lourenço, defender of businessman Carlos Santos Silva, a friend of the former prime minister and that the prosecutor claims to have been a “front man” for Socrates.
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