former First Minister. Salmond pursued a judicial review and it was accepted the internal Government probe had been unlawful and tainted by apparent bias.The fiasco cost the taxpayer over £500,000 and ended the friendship between Sturgeon and Salmond, whose allies believe he was targeted by the Government and SNP figures.Hamilton, a former director of public prosecutions in Ireland, is leading a separate probe into whether Sturgeon broke her own ministerial code.This relates to meetings and phone calls Sturgeon had with Salmond in the middle of her Government’s sexual misconduct investigation.The pair met at Sturgeon’s home on April 2nd, 2018, but the First Minister then said she forgot about an earlier meeting with Salmond’s former chief.
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