Justice Minister Owen Bonnici was also handed a full copy of the Egrant inquiry as he was providing legal counsel to the Prime Minister and his wife, the Attorney General told a court on Tuesday.
Speaking under oath during a two-hour long hearing, Attorney General Peter Grech said that he had first given Joseph Muscat a photocopied version of the full Egrant inquiry report and then sent Dr Bonnici an electronic copy some days later.
Dr Grech was testifying in constitutional proceedings filed by leader of the Opposition Adrian Delia, who is challenging the AG’s decision to deny him a full copy of the Egrant inquiry, which runs into some 1,500 pages.
He insisted that he was correct to deny Dr Delia a copy of the full inquiry, saying that doing so would have been “throwing it into the political arena”.
“Handing it to the Opposition leader, I might as well have published it online,” Dr Grech said.
Dr Grech told the court that magistrate Aaron Bugeja, who was leading the inquiry, had contacted deputy AG Philip Galea Farrugia to let him know that the report was ready.
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