{"id":47979,"date":"2023-02-09T22:02:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T21:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=47979"},"modified":"2023-02-09T22:42:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T21:42:49","slug":"sali-berisha-how-mcgonigal-pressured-spak-to-put-me-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/sali-berisha-how-mcgonigal-pressured-spak-to-put-me-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Sali Berisha: How McGonigal pressured SPAK to put me in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The chairman of the DP, Sali Berisha, said on NOW with Erla Mehilli on Euronews Albania that Charles McGonigal has put pressure on SPAK to arrest him.<\/p>\n<p>Berisha stated that he has the information from internal sources in SPAK.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From SPAK internal sources confirm that McGonigal has had meetings with them. He demanded the arrest of Sali Berisha even though he was the one who was arrested. He put a lot of pressure on the five judges there, Kraja and others,&#8221; said Berisha.<\/p>\n<p>On February 11, Sali Berisha called the fourth national protest after returning to the leadership of the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>The call for protest was announced by Berisha a few days ago and is undertaken as a reaction to the case of the former FBI agent, Charles McGonigal, where the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, is also mentioned in the investigation file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chairman of the DP, Sali Berisha, said on NOW with Erla Mehilli on Euronews Albania that Charles McGonigal has put pressure on SPAK to arrest him. Berisha stated that he has the information from internal sources in SPAK. &#8220;From SPAK internal sources confirm that McGonigal has had meetings with them. 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