MANILA, Philippines — Should the defense panel for the impeachment trial insist that Vice President Sara Duterte was unaware of the documents bearing her signature, it would only prove that the country’s second-highest official is dumb, lawyer Lorna Kapunan said on Friday. Kapunan, one of the private lawyers assisting the prosecution panel, said at a press briefing that it was unacceptable for Duterte’s lawyers to keep using an “I don’t know” alibi to try to exonerate the vice president from alleged wrongdoing. READ: Ridon: VP’s defense for bank records is to push blame toward dad The private prosecutor made the statement […]...

Keep on reading: Kapunan: Defense's ‘I don’t know’ alibi makes VP Duterte look ‘dumb’