Court "Guarantee of the right to defend...Lack of evidence of direct intervention"

[Anchor]
The court judged that representative Lee Jae-myung's call and sending a summary of his argument was an exercise of defense rights that he could do enough as a defendant.

In addition, I also saw a lack of evidence that representative Lee directly intervened.Reporter Kim Chul-hee reports

(following).

[Reporter]
CEO Lee Jae-myung says he will send a summary of his argument after speaking to Kim Jin-sung around 2018.

[Lee Jae-myung / Governor of Gyeonggi-do Province at the time (last 2018): It would be helpful if you could tell me a little bit about what I was mainly targeting and what happened with a very political background. I'll send you a summary of your argument.]

In response, the first trial judged that Lee Jae-myung's series of actions was a "justifiable exercise of defense rights."

Representative Lee took this action against Kim, who was in a hostile relationship,

Also, considering the fact that 16 years have passed since the 'prosecutor impersonation case',
It is difficult to say that the defendant's right to defend against the violation of the
Election Act is beyond the level of defense that the defendant can exercise.

In addition, he saw that CEO Lee's mention of what testimony he needed to the other party could not be concluded as a "request for false statements."

In addition to this, Kim Jin-sung's request for testimony only on things that he did not know or deny, which was clearly not denied, served as the basis for his innocence.

Representative Lee finally asked for six testimonies, but did not ask for testimony on the "consensus on prosecutor impersonation cases" when Kim said he had "no memory."

In addition, the first trial judged that it was difficult to say that representative Lee was directly involved in the process of Kim Jin-sung's interview with representative lawyer Lee and preparing the witness questionnaire.

I'm Kim Chulhee of YTN.

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