Another shoe has dropped in the ever-widening News Corporation phone-hacking scandal: police on Wednesday arrested former News Of The World Editor and former Prime Minister David Cameron aide Andy Coulson, charging him with perjury for allegedly lying under oath during a court appearance on phone hacking, The Guardian reports.The law firm DLA Piper provided a statement to TPM Thursday saying that “Andy Coulson will vigorously contest the perjury allegations made against him yesterday by Strathclyde Police should they ever result in a trial. We have no further comment at this stage.”
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