The lawyer representing Mangano's wife, Linda, meanwhile, argued that the FBI didn't
keep verbatim records of what his client told them and prosecutors can not make the case that she lied if those statements aren't known.
The book, which makes extensive use of a near -
verbatim record of the talks
kept by long - serving Lib Dem aide Alison Suttie, marks Mr Laws's return to the political limelight following his shock resignation from the Cabinet just weeks into the Coalition.