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  • 2019-01-28 (xsd:date)
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  • apparently in the criminal case.RT said Salmond's show would continue ""at this time (en)
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  • On January 24, RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan responded to the news that Alex Salmond, former First Minister of Scotland and host of his own show on Simonyan’s RT network, had been arrested and charged with 14 offenses, including several counts of sexual assault and attempted rape. Simonyan implied without evidence on her personal Telegram messenger channel that the arrest was political, due to his affiliation with the RT network, and also made incorrect claims about the Scottish legal system. First, she noted that Salmond voluntarily went to the police to answer questions. This is correct: Salmond voluntarily went to the police and was later arrested and released on bail. He was not asked to enter a plea at that time. Simonyan went on to say that the prosecutor would have to decide whether or not to try his case within a matter of hours. This is incorrect. The trial must begin within the next twelve months. According to the BBC, the prosecutor is expected to deliver a formal indictment in the next few months. The article also noted that some of the charges may change or even be dropped altogether. Simonyan claims that a court agreed with Salmond in an earlier civil case, in which he alleged that the case against him was political" and that there had been "violations" in the investigation. This is misleading. RT put out an officials statement on January 27 saying the media outlet was ""unable to comment (en)
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