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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Political correspondent

Chris Bryant to admit billionaire money-laundering claims were wrong

Chris Bryant walks through Westminster, London
Chris Bryant repeated the money-laundering claims in a tweeted letter, meaning he was no longer protected by parliamentary privilege. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty

The Labour MP Chris Bryant is to make a formal court acceptance of error to a billionaire financier he accused in parliament of money laundering, after facing action for repeating the claims in a tweeted letter.

In a highly unusual legal case, Bryant was taken to court by Christopher Chandler, a New Zealand-born investor and co-founder of a London-based thinktank, over comments initially made during a debate in the House of Commons in 2018, during which another MP accused Chandler of links to Russian intelligence

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