Viktor Bout Never Sold Arms, Brokered Deal, Lawyer Says
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Viktor Bout, a Russian accused of conspiring to sell weapons to a Colombian terrorist group, never sold arms or brokered any deals, his attorney told a federal judge at a pretrial hearing.
U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin asked Bout’s attorney, Albert Dayan, in federal court today in Manhattan whether his client would contest at trial that he sold arms internationally.