Franklin, Andrews, Kramer & Edelstein

[jurisper]

Mr Watson [the Labour MP who has been pursuing this for ages] said: “I believe James Murdoch should be suspended from office while the police now investigate what I believe was his personal authorisation to plan a cover-up of this scandal.

“Mr James Murdoch is the chairman. It is clear now that he personally, without board approval, authorised money to be paid by his company to silence people who had been hacked and to cover up criminal behaviour within his organisation. This is nothing short of an attempt to pervert the course of justice.”

The MP also said he wanted detectives to ask Mr Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International, whether they knew of an attempted destruction of data at a storage facility in Chennai, India.

Mr Watson said: “Their behaviour to the most vulnerable, their knowledge of law-breaking and their failure to act, their links with the criminal underworld, their attempts to cover up law-breaking and pay for people’s silence tell the world all we need to know about their character: that they are not fit and proper persons to control any part of the media in this country.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8621926/Rupert-Murdochs-son-must-pay-for-phone-hacking-scandal-says-MP-Tom-Watson.html

James, like his brother Lachlan, is a twit. Has to be at least some chance he gets charged with something.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jul/08/james-murdoch-questioning-david-cameron

James Murdoch should answer to the police, Cameron suggests