KUALA LUMPUR: Information and evidence gathering to bring closure to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal is the government's next step following the sensational revelations in US federal court by former Goldman Sachs South-East Asian operations chief Tim Leissner.
dining with her, dancing with her at tramp or going on to have sex with her in a bedroom in a house in belgravia? i can absolutely, categorically, tell you it never happened. - do you recall any kind of sexual contact with virginia roberts, then or any other time? none whatsoever. there might not be an outcome today from the hearing, but prince andrew s lawyers will be hoping that the case can be stopped in its tracks. otherwise it opens the door to a phase of more evidence gathering, investigations, and public scrutiny and the possibility of prince andrew facing questions in an unprecedented civil trial in new york. sean coughlan, bbc news. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, says this is a significant moment for prince andrew and his legal team. the months of the phoney war, if you like, are over when he tried to ignore this, when he tried to evade
then or any other time? none whatsoever. there might not be an outcome today from the hearing but prince andrew s lawyers will be hoping the case can be stopped in its tracks. otherwise it opens the door to a phase of more evidence gathering, investigations, and public scrutiny and the possibility of prince andrew facing questions in an unprecedented civil trial in new york. sean coughlan, bbc news. let s talk to our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. this is a huge moment for prince andrew and his legal team. it absolutely is. the months of the phoney war, if you like, if when he tried to ignore this, evade the service of court papers, that is all over. , ., ., , ., , service of court papers, that is all over. , ., .,, ., over. there is no a sharp collision with reality- over. there is no a sharp collision with reality. in over. there is no a sharp collision with reality. in a over. there is no a sharp collision with reality. in a rather over. there is no a sharp collision
can we read anything into the fact that the assistant commissioner there did not declare this incident to be over, the kcordon has not been lifted, there are still searches ongoing? what can we take away from that. i m afraid you d have to ask the commander on this one because it s really up to it s he who would know. it s far too early for me to pass any comments like that. what s much more what the police will be doing at this stage is collecting evidence, really, as well as making sure that the situation is secure. so it s i suspect what they re most likely doing is evidence gathering. last question. he understand the home office just weeks ago lowered the threat level to substantial, which means an attack is still quite likely. but is that a reflection of a confidence since a spate of
lot of other work entering the president s head. it s all this all the time. that s kind of you step back from the day to day madness of what we see read and hear about, you wonder what s being neglected. all these huge issues that we face both foreign and domestic, well, the president obviously is totally consumed with attacking his opponents. you know, we re fortunate, we haven t had a major crisis of the magnitude of a 9/11 attack, god forbid we have another one. i wourry about that. the attorney general s preoccupation with this i can t recall a case where this much time is expanded personally by the attorney general in evidence gathering in one investigation. appreciate it. thank you very much. one of the first members of congress to call for president trump s impeachment, maxine