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Episode: âDonât call Jeffrey Epstein a paedophileâ - top Northern Ireland lawyer part of 2011 effort to defend Epsteinâs reputation
Description: âDonât call Jeffrey Epstein a paedophileâ â that was the demand of a top NI lawyer to a London newspaper in 2011.   Paul Tweed was brought in to try and limit the damage to the sex-offender's reputation after he was released from prison.   The Belfast solicitor is one of the best-known libel lawyers in the UK and Ireland.    He has told the Belfast Telegraph that he âcategorically rejects the suggestion that he acted in any way inappropriatelyâ, saying he acted within his professional and regulatory obligations.  The Belfast Telegraphâs Northern Ireland editor Sam McBride joins Cia...