Liberal Leader Admits Misspeaking After Gatecrashed Rally

Published on September 30, 2024

Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto admits he misspoke following a rally outside parliament that was gatecrashed by men who performed a Nazi salute. Pesutto gave evidence in court on Sept. 30 as his defamation trial stretched into a third week. Expelled Liberal MP Moira Deeming is suing him over comments he made in the days after the Let Women Speak rally in March 2023. Pesutto insisted he did not suggest or imply Deeming was a Nazi or describe her as “odious.” However, he accepted he “misspoke” multiple times over alleged indirect links between rally attendee Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull and an activist who had previously spoken to former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke....

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