Weah Flip-Flops On FBI Drug Sting
....Now Admits Being Questioned

Although he declared in an official press statement that he was never questioned during the FBI drug sting at the home of his long-time pal James P. Bestman, football legend now leader of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has changed track, admitting that he was in fact interrogated by US federal agents, thus disputing his earlier claims.

The 2005 presidential contender told Truth FM via phone Wednesday that he was questioned and that his identification card was requested, needed information extracted from it and told to leave.

"They asked for my Identity and I gave it and after five seconds they gave it back to me. It was just an unfortunate situation. You can be somewhere they ask you question for security reason. That’s a security routine," he narrated.

In his official press statement, he said: "I would like to emphatically state that there was no raid or entry into Mr. Bestman’s home and neither was I arrested, held in custody, or interrogated."

Mr. Weah’s account given to the VOA also varies from the above two accounts. He said: "What happened there was I was on my way to Minnesota to the (CDC U.S. members’) convention, and I decided to pass to James (because) he should have been one of those who were trying to watch (attend) the convention. When I pulled into the driveway, Mr. James came down the stairs and I saw two officers that served him a warrant that he needed to come with them," Weah said

"And then, I asked the guy (officer). I said what happened? He said he didn’t know. All he knows is that it is a federal case and he has a warrant for James. And then, we laughed about it, and I told him that I must have come at the wrong time. There will be no way in this America, this law abiding country, that it will arrest somebody for drug business and let them go. Is there any dispensation for me to be caught in a drug raid and they will let me go like that?"

Following news that he was caught in a US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s drug hound denials emerged, while various accounts blink with contradictions filtered.

CDC executives declared here that Mr. Weah was not on the scene in Maryland when FBI agents arrived at the reportedly plush home of the former Barolle Football Club’s captain. He was in Minnesota, attending a CDC convention and therefore could not be on the scene for a drug bust, they contended following queries from this paper.

Other sources on the scene said Mr. Weah was not only on the scene, but that he was questioned, handcuffed, and then released, told he could be called again for further questioning.

Mr. Weah, in his press release, confirmed that he was on the scene when Mr. Bestman was questioned. But he implied that Mr. Bestman was just one of those he associated with as one in touch with the ‘grassroots,’ not a personal, long-time ally many claim he is.

culled from the New Democrat