Sara Duterte lawyer hit for ‘going in circles’ in questioning BIR witness
The prosecution panel in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial has criticized one of her lawyers for allegedly “going in circles” while questioning a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) witness regarding the vice president’s tax records.
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