James Murdoch Misled Parliament on Hacking Payoffs

James Murdoch misled Tuesday’s Parliamentary hearing, saying the hush-money payout to one prominent phone-hacking victim was about $402,000, when in fact it was 70% more, a hefty $684,000, reports the Guardian . Despite protesting that phone-hacking settlements were not “astronomic sums,” with legal costs and other fees, News of…

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James Murdoch Misled Parliament on Hacking Payoffs

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