Liberia: Ex-Finance Minister Accuses Vice President of Ordering Judge to Overturn His Corruption Acquittal
Tweah says the vice president ordered a judge to overturn his acquittal as the court weighs jury misconduct claims that could trigger a retrial.
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Liberia: Ex-Finance Minister Accuses Vice President of Ordering Judge to Overturn His Corruption Acquittal
MONROVIA - Former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. has accused Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung of instructing Criminal Court 'C' Judge Ousman F. Feika to overturn his May 8 jury acquittal in the US$6.2 million economic sabotage case, a charge that lands on the eve of Judge Feika's anticipated ruling on jury misconduct allegations and threatens to plunge one of Liberia's most politically combustible prosecutions in…
VP JEREMIAH KOUNG ACCUSED OF SEEKING TO OVERTURN SAMUEL TWEAH’S ACQUITTAL AMID JURY MISCONDUCT DISPUTE
By Socrates Smythe Saywon | Smart News Liberia MONROVIA – Former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. has accused Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung of attempting to influence the judiciary by seeking to overturn his acquittal ahead of Criminal Court “C”‘s release of findings into allegations of jury misconduct in the government’s high-profile economic sabotage case. In a statement issued on Monday, July 20, 2026, Tweah …
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