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The controversy in Grenada began in May when 'OffshoreAlert' alleged Mitchell had received 500,000 U.S. dollars in a briefcase from the island's former trade counsellor, Eric Resteiner, in 2000.
Mitchell called the allegation ”certainly not true”, but admitted receiving 15,000 dollars from Resteiner while in Switzerland as reimbursement for using his own credit cards to finance the trip for himself and his delegation. |
