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SNP MP blasts role of Crown Office in Alex Salmond legal disputes

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A former SNP Justice Secretary has claimed the actions of the Crown Office relating to Alex Salmond look like an “abuse of power”.Kenny MacAskill, the former Justice Secretary, asked whether the Crown has been acting as "Government lawyers or impartial prosecutors".Salmond, who was first minister between 2007 and 2014, has been embroiled in high-profile legal disputes for over eighteen months.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local councils, with a current focus on how our governments are handling the coronavirus pandemic.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the pink box near the top of this article.Alternatively, you can

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