Is Trillanes Hiding Something? Revisit Atty. Rico Quicho's Corruption Claims Against the Senator

<p><div class="hidepic" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZU1YwFFgGRoM7tIOnEM_7J8n-HJ-ABM7mhkMReMlzMyVh76451YHeGjbhxSgGbw51rDGv6_IMA6pZwxuta1kWNLWWrfMV5JtAZMFxSugItzS-OPYAacZsO06A2Zf07JlungPqSYwkDLSK/s1600/Atty+Rico+trillanes.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZU1YwFFgGRoM7tIOnEM_7J8n-HJ-ABM7mhkMReMlzMyVh76451YHeGjbhxSgGbw51rDGv6_IMA6pZwxuta1kWNLWWrfMV5JtAZMFxSugItzS-OPYAacZsO06A2Zf07JlungPqSYwkDLSK/s1600/Atty+Rico+trillanes.png" /></a></div> Rumors accusing <b>Senator Antonio Trillans</b> <b>IV </b>of corruption have resurfaced online.<br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The popular trending political news site, <b>Dugong Maharlika </b>came out with an article about the "corruption in Antonio Trillanes' Family" early on  Friday, <b>February 24</b>, <b>2017</b>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The article was a callback to the claims made by <b>Atty Rico Quicho </b>against the senator from <b>2015</b>. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> For those who wish to refresh their <b>memories</b>, Atty. Rico Quicho served as former <b>Vice</b> <b>President Jejomar Binay's </b>lawyer a few years ago. He represented the former vice president when he was being investigated for graft and corruption.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Senator Trillanes </b>was very vocal about his disapproval Binay's allegedly ill-gotten wealth. He seemed determined, in 2015, to put the former vice president behind bars. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Naturally,  this did not sit well  with the former vice president's legal representatives. In <b>August 2015</b>, Atty. Rico Quicho reportedly did his own <b>research </b>on Trillanes. And claimed that based on his investigation, Trillanes also seemed to be hiding something. He was refering to records showing that Trillanes hired consultants who seemed to him to be a little too overpriced. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to an article by  popular news site, Interaksyon dated August 19, 2015:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /> <!-- adsense --></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Atty. Rico Quicho, spokesman of the Office of the Vice President for political affairs, indicated that Senate documents revealed Trillanes hired 55 consultants and paid P7.5 million in fees, which was P4.46 million more than the P3.04 million allotted for hiring consultants."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The article also added the following from Atty. Quicho:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Trillanes also hired his brother <b>Juan Antonio Trillanes </b>for <b>P71,200 </b>per month, one of the most highly paid of the 55 consultants. From July to December 2014, the brother took home P427,000."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Based on the investigation by Quicho, it was revealed that the senator's consultants did not submit accomplishment reports to the Commission on Audit to help check the fees they allegedly received. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to Dugong Maharlika's post from Friday morning, Quicho said the following when he was challenging Senator Trillanes:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Ako ho bilang abogado, ang pagkakaalam ko ho kasi, pagka nagbibigay ka ng pera sa relative mo, donation ‘yon e. So may donor’s tax ‘yan. Any donation over and above <b>P500,000</b> should be subject to donor’s tax.” </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Ang tanong, Senator Trillanes, tama po ba si Atty. Quicho na may financial assistance kayo from a relative? Sino ho itong relative ninyo? Nagbayad ho ba ito ng tamang buwis? At bakit ho kayo binibigyan? Senador na ho kayo, mayroon na ho kayong sariling income, humihingi pa ba kayo ng ayuda sa kapamilya ninyo?"</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Again, TNP would like to remind readers that the allegations against Senator Antonio Trillanes that were mentioned in this article are all based on things that were said against him in 2015. </div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #999999; font-size: x-small;">source</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">: <a href="http://www.publictrending.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Public Trending</span></a></span></div> </div> </div> </p>

Is Trillanes Hiding Something? Revisit Atty. Rico Quicho's Corruption Claims Against the Senator

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