Alex Salmond Inquiry demands Crown Office release documents in high stakes legal move
dailyrecord.co.ukOur Politics newsletter is now daily. Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Holyrood has issued a legal demand for the Crown Office to release material relating to the Scottish Government’s botched investigation into Alex Salmond.The unprecedented move was made amid claims the government tried to "damage the reputation" of the former First Minister.A special Holyrood committee is examining the SNP administration’s unlawful investigation into sexual misconduct claims against the former first minister.The botched probe cost the taxpayer over £500,000 and it ended the friendship between Sturgeon and Salmond, whose allies believe he was targeted by the Government.Salmond was also charged.
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