Palace questions Duterte lawyer Kaufman’s ‘gossip,’ wiretap claims

MANILA, Philippines — Palace press officer Claire Castro on Tuesday said that Atty. Nicholas Kaufman, lead legal counsel of former President Rodrigo Duterte, is relying on mere gossip and questioned his stance on wiretapping after he claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sought to “neutralize” the former chief executive. These remarks came after Kaufman, during the