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{
    "time": "2010-12-02 17:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Serge M\u00e9nard",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2228549\" data-originallang=\"fr\">At one point, I had five bodyguards; I had them in front of my house and in front of my cottage.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2228550\" data-originallang=\"fr\">In any case, I was certain he would do everything in his power to publicly discredit me, that not only would he deny it, but he would try to destroy my credibility, make trouble for me, question my former clients, and draw attention to the fact that I defended criminals. Mind you, I also defended police officers.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2228549\" data-originallang=\"fr\">\u00c0 un moment donn\u00e9, j'avais jusqu'\u00e0 cinq gardes du corps; j'en avais \u00e0 la porte de la maison et \u00e0 la porte du chalet.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2228550\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Quoi qu'il en soit, j'\u00e9tais certain qu'il ferait tout pour me discr\u00e9diter en public, que non seulement il nierait, mais qu'il chercherait \u00e0 d\u00e9truire ma cr\u00e9dibilit\u00e9, \u00e0 me trouver des poux, \u00e0 questionner mes anciens clients, \u00e0 mettre en \u00e9vidence que je d\u00e9fendais des bandits. Remarquez que j'ai aussi d\u00e9fendu des policiers.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/ethics/40-3/36/serge-menard-39/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/serge-menard/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1492/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3619657",
    "document_url": "/committees/ethics/40-3/36/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fcommittees%2Fethics%2F40-3%2F36%2F"
    }
}