[뉴스특보] '선거법 위반' 이재명 항소심 무죄…1심 뒤집혔다Appeals court acquits opposition leader o

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[뉴스특보] '선거법 위반' 이재명 항소심 무죄…1심 뒤집혔다

(2nd LD) Appeals court acquits opposition leader of election law violation charges

[특보] '선거법 위반' 이재명 항소심 무죄

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Lee Haye-ah Politics 16:29 March 26, 2025 Yonhap News

(ATTN: UPDATES with details of ruling, Lee's remarks; CHANGES headline)
By Lee Haye-ah
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SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- An appeals court on Wednesday acquitted opposition leader Lee Jae-myung of lying as a presidential candidate during the 2022 election, overturning a lower court's sentence of a suspended prison term.
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The decision by the Seoul High Court removed a major legal hurdle for Lee, as a suspended prison term, if finalized, would have stripped him of his parliamentary seat and barred him from running in the next presidential election.
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The appellate ruling can still be overturned by the Supreme Court.
"I thank the court for delivering a proper ruling based on the truth and justice," Lee told reporters. "I hope the prosecution will now reflect on their actions and refrain from wasting any more national energy."
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The leader of the main opposition Democratic Party has been considered the presidential front-runner, particularly in the event the Constitutional Court upholds the impeachment of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, which would trigger a snap presidential election within 60 days.
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The impeachment ruling is expected to be announced in the coming days.
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Lee Jae-myung (C), chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party, appears at the Seoul High Court in the capital city on March 26, 2025, ahead of his sentencing in an election law violation case. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
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During the initial trial, the opposition leader was found guilty of lying during a media interview in December 2021 that he did not play golf with the late Kim Moon-ki, a former executive of Seongnam Development Corp., which was behind a corruption-ridden development project in Seongnam, south of Seoul, when Lee was the city's mayor.
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Lee was also found guilty of lying during a parliamentary audit of the Gyeonggi provincial government in October 2021 that he was under pressure from the land ministry to rezone the former site of the Korea Food Research Institute in Seongnam.
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The site was later developed into apartment complexes by a private developer, and allegations were raised that Lee rezoned the land to give preferential treatment to the company.
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In November, the lower court sentenced Lee to one year in prison, suspended for two years, for making false statements in violation of the Public Official Election Act.
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In reversing that decision, however, the Seoul High Court said none of the four remarks Lee made during the campaign about allegedly not knowing Kim qualified as false statements. That included the remark about golf.
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"He cannot be considered to have lied that they did not play golf, and it is difficult to recognize the remark as false," the appeals court said.
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On the alleged pressure from the land ministry, the court acknowledged that Lee "came under pressure from various angles."
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"His remark that he was threatened with charges of dereliction of duty could be an exaggerated expression‎ of the considerable pressure he felt at the time, but it is difficult to recognize as false," the court said.
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hague@yna.co.kr
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[뉴스특보] '선거법 위반' 이재명 항소심 무죄…1심 뒤집혔다

배성재 기자2025. 3. 26. 15:45 경향신문

[특보] '선거법 위반' 이재명 항소심 무죄

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[현장연결] '항소심 무죄' 이재명 "사필귀정…검찰, 국력 낭비 말아야"

2025. 3. 26. 15:51 연합뉴스

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[현장연결] '항소심 무죄' 이재명 "사필귀정…검찰, 국력 낭비 말아야"

[현장연결] '항소심 무죄' 이재명 "사필귀정…검찰, 국력 낭비 말아야"

<발표자 : 이재명 더불어민주당 대표>

"제대로 된 판결 해주신 재판부에 감사"

"당연한 일 이끄는데 국가 역량 소진 황당"

"이재명 잡기 위한 역량을 국민 삶 개선에 써야"

"이제 검찰도 자신들의 행위 되돌아보라"

"더 이상 국력 낭비 말라…사필귀정 아니겠나"

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법원 “국힘이 공개한 이재명 골프 사진, 조작된 것으로 볼 수 있다”

입력 : 2025.03.26 15:00 경향신문

이재명 더불어민주당 대표가 26일 오후 서울 서초구 서울고등법원에서 열린 공직선거법 위반 혐의 항소심 선고 공판에 출석하고 있다. <2025.03.26. 사진공동취재단>

이재명 더불어민주당 대표 공직선거법 위반 사건 항소심 법원이 26일 “국민의힘이 공개한 이재명 대표의 골프 사진은 조작된 것으로 볼 수 있다”고 밝혔다.

서울고법 형사6-2부(재판장 최은정)는 이날 오후 2시 이 대표의 선거법 위반 2심 판결에서 이 같이 밝혔다.

재판부는 “국민의힘 의원이 2021년 12월23일 사진을 게시했는데, 피고인(이 대표)과 김문기, 유동규, 김진욱 등 4명이 보인다”면서도 “이 사진은 원본이 아니다”라고 했다.

이어 “사진 원본에는 4명 포함해 해외출장을 같이 간 10명이 앉거나 서서 찍은 사진”이라며 “국민의힘 소속 의원에 의해 김문기와 골프 친거란 증거 또는 자료로 제시됐는데 해외 어디선가 10명 한꺼번에 사진찍은 거라 골프 함께 친 증거가 될 수 없고, 원본 일부를 떼낸 거라서 조작된거라 볼수 있다”고 설명했다.

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