Liberia: The Liberian Government Must Get to The Bottom of OFAC Accusations Regarding Sen. Varney Sherman’s Bribery in Judiciary Branch
Liberia: The Liberian Government Must Get to The Bottom of OFAC Accusations Regarding Sen. Varney Sherman’s Bribery in Judiciary Branch
Share
THE TREND of the three-minute presentation of each Senator at the Senate Sitting of last Thursday, February 4, 2021, in reaction to the Preliminary Report of the Senate Leadership on the Submission of January 11, 2021 and the First Supplementary Submission made by Senator Counsellor Varney Sherman to the Liberian Senate on the OFAC Sanctions against him give reason to the concern that some Senators misinterpret the intention of Senator Sherman’s Submissions to them.
The Liberian judiciary has once again come under the spotlight in the wake of the US Department of Treasury sanctions slammed against prominent Liberian lawyer, Varney Sherman, currently serving as Senator of Grand Cape Mount County.
According to the US Department of Treasury, Cllr. Varney Sherman âoffered bribes to multiple judges associated with his trial for a 2010 bribery scheme and had an undisclosed conflict of interest with the judge who ultimately returned a not guilty verdict in his favor in 2019â.
The Statement further said that Counsellor Sherman has âroutinely paid judges to decide cases in his favorâ¦â and that his âacts of bribery demonstrate a larger pattern of behavior to exercise influence over the Liberian Judiciary and the Ministry of Justice.â