TRILLANES IS IN SERIOUS LEGAL TROUBLE, AGAIN

Thinking Pinoy

Coup plotter Senator Antonio "Sonny" Trillanes IV admitted today that he had prior knowledge of Advincula's exposé when he met him in 2018. He said the allegations failed his "vetting process", clearly implying the allegations are likely if not outright false [1].

When the videos came out in April 2019, he described them as "very serious, quite pointed, and well-explained [2]"... despite his knowledge that this was the exact same story that Advincula was peddling to him, the same story that failed his "vetting process".

Of course, there's a possibility that the story Advincula told Trillanes last year is different from the one in the Bikoy Videos.

But that is highly unlikely, considering that Advincula peddled the same exact story to Senator Vicente Tito Sotto in 2016 [3], albeit with different players (Noynoy Aquino and friends were the drug dealers in the 2016 version instead of Rody Duterte & Co.) and the 2016 plot is not materially different from the plot of the 2019 Bikoy Videos.

With that said, Thinking Pinoy sees only two possibilities:

1. That Trillanes' simply made up the existence of this "vetting process" and proceeded with supporting Advincula in his creation of the videos.

This first possibility is pretty much what Advincula said when he surrendered to the police and flipped his story [4].

2. That Trillanes may not have had a hand in creating the videos, but he lent it credence despite his knowledge that the claims failed his supposed "vetting process".

He knew the claims are likely false, yet he still attempted to reinforce the scurrilous libel not only against the state, but also against a 14-year-old child.

Whichever the case, Trillanes is in serious legal trouble, as both possibilities likely qualify as violations of anti-sedition laws, among others.

SOURCES:

[1] MSN. Trillanes admits meeting Advincula but said he did not give him much attention. 27 May 2019. http://bit.ly/2VOKQyA

[2] Inquirer. Trillanes: I wish I was part of the video exposé vs Paolo Duterte but I’m not. http://bit.ly/2VUvatI

[3] ABS-CBN. 'Bikoy' in 2016 tried to link Aquino admin to drug ring: Sotto. 08 May 2019. http://bit.ly/2VSXe0n

[4] Yahoo News. Peter Advincula surrenders to police, says Senators Trillanes, Hontiveros, De Lima behind ‘Narco List’ vids. 24 May 2019.http://bit.ly/2VUXLik