I was a witness on my own behalf after I was sued by a former prosecutor who accused me of defaming him in an article I wrote for the Chicago Tribune in 1999.

我曾经为自己作证，因为一名前任的公诉人将我告上法庭，指控我在1999年发表于《芝加哥论坛报》的一篇文章破坏了他的名誉。

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So now we have the Justice Department investigating the independent prosecutor for his misconduct in the way he treated the main witness with respect to her access to counsel.

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