Rywin and Michnik go face to face in real-life courtroom drama

The first disagreement between the two concerned whether Lew Rywin was sent by Prime Minister Leszek Miller with the corruption proposal as Michnik tried to establish during their recorded conversation. Michnik also denied that, contrary to claims made by Civic Platform deputy Jan Rokita in his report, Agora struck a deal with the Democratic Left Alliance after the scandal became public. "This is an absurd fantasy of deputy Rokita. Maybe if Jan Rokita was in my place at the time, he would have agreed to such a deal," Michnik commented. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 6) A.K.