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04-06-2009, 06:00 PM
Senator Alejandro Williams has admitted that he did in fact hire private investigators to find out who started the rumors that he was being investigated for Medicaid fraud in the US. Journalist Alicia Ortega traveled to New York to interview the senator for San Pedro de Macoris who had not been reachable by telephone and has not been available in the DR to respond to claims that he has been harassing local journalists.
Williams revealed that one of the investigators he hired was Marcos Martinez who showed up at the houses of journalists Margarita Cordero of 7dias.com.do, Maria Soldevila of Listin Diario and Norma Shepard of Radio Mil, looking for answers.
Williams says the company he hired is based in the US and that Martinez is the company's lead investigator. "I have the same right to hire an investigation company to find out where the rumor came from," Williams told Ortega.
Williams said that a man previously identified as his bodyguard was in fact his cousin, Jesus Gonzalez, who was in charge of showing the investigators around. In response to allegations that Martinez used intimidation tactics, Williams commented, "Who confirmed they used this method? Have you spoken to Marcos Martinez?"
As for his absence from the DR to work in his dental clinic in the US, Williams said that he visits San Pedro de Macoris every week. He is quoted in Listin Diario as saying that he spends four days a week in the US and three days per week living at the Metro Country Club in Juan Dolio, a golf and residential development about 20 minutes from San Pedro.
Because of the allegations that Williams is being investigated in the US and that he rarely attends Senate sessions, the Senate has opened an investigation into the case, but has yet to share any of its findings with the press. Ortega's interview with Williams will be aired at 9pm tonight on the show "El Informe," on Antena Latina, Channel 7.
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Williams revealed that one of the investigators he hired was Marcos Martinez who showed up at the houses of journalists Margarita Cordero of 7dias.com.do, Maria Soldevila of Listin Diario and Norma Shepard of Radio Mil, looking for answers.
Williams says the company he hired is based in the US and that Martinez is the company's lead investigator. "I have the same right to hire an investigation company to find out where the rumor came from," Williams told Ortega.
Williams said that a man previously identified as his bodyguard was in fact his cousin, Jesus Gonzalez, who was in charge of showing the investigators around. In response to allegations that Martinez used intimidation tactics, Williams commented, "Who confirmed they used this method? Have you spoken to Marcos Martinez?"
As for his absence from the DR to work in his dental clinic in the US, Williams said that he visits San Pedro de Macoris every week. He is quoted in Listin Diario as saying that he spends four days a week in the US and three days per week living at the Metro Country Club in Juan Dolio, a golf and residential development about 20 minutes from San Pedro.
Because of the allegations that Williams is being investigated in the US and that he rarely attends Senate sessions, the Senate has opened an investigation into the case, but has yet to share any of its findings with the press. Ortega's interview with Williams will be aired at 9pm tonight on the show "El Informe," on Antena Latina, Channel 7.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)