{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"On Assignment With Me","title":"A 'Frame-Up': The Philippines' Biggest Corruption Case Just Got Complicated","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2304,"description":"Former House Speaker and the president's cousin Martin Romualdez has responded to the allegations against him - and we break it all down in this episode.\nA falsified affidavit. Three recanted witnesses. A claim that the whole case was scripted as a blackmail scheme.\n\nI summarize the 116-page Counter Affidavit Romualdez filed this month, responding to the corruption complaint we broke down last episode, and it goes after nearly every piece of evidence in it.\nOn this assignment, I walk through his defense point by point: he had no personal control over the flood control budget; a key witness affidavit was ruled falsified; security aides who described cash deliveries have now recanted; and why he's asking the Ombudsman to dismiss the case entirely, arguing that continuing to prosecute him would itself violate his constitutional rights.\n⚠️ A note before you listen: this is one side's sworn response to the allegations. It doesn't settle the case, and the Ombudsman still has to weigh both filings before deciding whether to move forward.\n📌 Follow along as this case develops. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and on my social media and YouTube channels: @natashya_g","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/acY2pOlBGfJPFNjaOk2EZN93FISg7pvqTYOuEa-SMAw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81MGY3/ZTI3N2Q1ZDFhM2Zh/ZTJmZjdmYmVlOWE5/ZGI0Ni5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}