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Impeachment Trial - Day 15
On Day 15, COA-ICFAO state auditor Xylene Mae del Campo continued testimony on the audit of the OVP and DepEd confidential funds, and the presiding officer ruled that the court will decide the admissibility of the disputed acknowledgement receipts only once they are formally offered, after the clerk compares both parties' certified true copies. The presiding officer also stated that a ruling, warning, and order was being drafted on counsels' public statements under Rule 18. The prosecution moved to reissue subpoenas for four intended witnesses for the August 17, 18, and 19 trial dates.
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Impeachment Trial - Day 14
Presiding Officer Francisco "Chiz" Escudero ruled that a Commission on Audit (COA) witness could testify from her prepared tabulation and summary of acknowledgment receipts as an exception to the original document rule, and ordered those tabulations marked at the appropriate time. The COA witness testified for the prosecution on Article I, stating that several OVP activities charged to confidential funds fell outside the uses permitted under Joint Circular 2015-01 and describing a cash-advance transfer she characterized as a violation of item 6.1.1. The prosecution stated three subpoenaed witnesses remain lined up for the next hearing.
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Impeachment Trial - Day 13
The impeachment court granted the prosecution's motion for judicial notice of the House justice-panel hearings and adjourned Day 11 until 10 a.m. on Monday, August 10, 2026, after ordering subpoenas issued to four prosecution witnesses for the following week. State auditors testified for the prosecution that the OVP and DepEd confidential-fund liquidations were supported by incomplete records, including 849 acknowledgement receipts with no official or sales invoices, while acknowledging the documents showed no personal knowledge that the Vice President personally received or benefited from the funds. Presiding officer Sen. Francis Escudero also granted transfer of exhibit markings on portions of the purported Lascañas affidavit while ruling its unsigned, unsworn contents remain hearsay.
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Impeachment Trial - Day 12
The impeachment court sustained objections barring a COA witness from citing an Audit Observation Memorandum issued after his departure from COA-ICFAO, while COA state auditors testified for the prosecution on alleged non-compliant confidential-fund expenditures at DepEd and the OVP. Presiding Officer Sen. Francis Escudero deferred admissibility rulings on disputed documents to the formal-offer stage and set arguments on the prosecution's motion for judicial notice for the next session day. Numerous exhibits were stipulated and marked, and a subpoena was directed for a further COA-ICFAO witness.
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Impeachment Trial - Day 11
The impeachment court admitted all documents stipulated by both sides and granted BDO and Security Bank until August 13 to complete their subpoenaed submissions, as the prosecution continued Article I testimony (Wamil was its third Article-I witness). The prosecution also presented acknowledgement receipts bearing questionable payee names — including 'Mary Grace Piattos' — supported by no official or sales invoices. Former state auditor Roderick Wamil of the COA Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Office testified for the prosecution about the OVP's and DepEd's 2022-2023 confidential-fund liquidations, identifying documentation deficiencies, audit observation memoranda, and a notice of suspension. The parties stipulated to the authenticity of key OVP and DepEd documents and to four ₱125-million checks, while the defense declined to stipulate that one tranche was spent within 11 days.
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Impeachment Trial - Day 10
The presiding officer stated that the trial would follow the Corona impeachment trial precedent, in which the prosecution presents evidence on all articles before the defense presents its evidence, and directed the Clerk of Court to issue subpoenas to three prospective witnesses set for the August 3-5 schedules. The House prosecution presented Land Bank of the Philippines testimony on the encashment of four ₱125-million confidential-fund checks under Article I, with three checks entered as common exhibits by stipulation. Senator Panfilo Lacson manifested that neither party had yet presented a competent witness on the handling of confidential funds, and an AMLA confidentiality invocation was deferred to another article.
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Impeachment Trial - Day 9
On Day 9 of the impeachment trial, an NBI witness testified about the bureau's investigation into alleged threats connected to the Vice President, including subpoenas issued to her and others and the bureau's treatment of a public statement about an assassin as an extrajudicial admission. The prosecution concluded its presentation of evidence on the Article IV grave-threats charge, with the NBI Director as its final witness for that article. The presiding officer admitted the Lascañas affidavit only as open-source material, denied a defense motion to strike, and directed subpoenas for two former Land Bank managers; the trial resumes on July 29, 2026.
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Impeachment Trial - Day 8
On Day 8, National Bureau of Investigation Director Matibag testified about a Special Task Force examining alleged threats to President Marcos, detailing the NBI Cybercrime Division's grave-threat and inciting-to-sedition charges against Vice President Sara Duterte, now pending at the Department of Justice. The presiding officer allowed the task-force testimony over a defense objection that it exceeded the articles of impeachment while granting the defense continuing objections, sustained an objection to a question deemed to call for a legal conclusion, and ordered the prosecution to furnish the defense copies of Administrative Order No. 11 and the Lascañas affidavit. Cross-examination of the witness by respondent's counsel is scheduled to continue the following day.
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Impeachment Trial - Day 7
On Day 7 of the impeachment trial, prosecution and defense counsel argued whether the Supreme Court's incumbency test in Duterte v. House of Representatives binds the impeachment court and whether it is part of the ruling's ratio decidendi or obiter dictum. Counsel also disputed whether Article II's unexplained-wealth allegation is sufficiently specific and whether Section 8-A of the Anti-Money Laundering Act bars a subpoena for financial records. The court then granted the prosecution's subpoenas for the Vice President's bank, AMLC, and BIR records — excluding foreign-currency deposits and two entities without a shown prima facie link — with documents due to the Clerk of Court by July 30.
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Impeachment Trial - Day 6 (oral arguments)
In Day 6 oral arguments, the prosecution summarized its Article IV grave-threats evidence and cited an AMLC report on the Article II unexplained-wealth allegation while formally requesting subpoenas for bank, AMLA, and BIR records. The defense contested the scope of a controlling Supreme Court ruling and argued the Articles identify no specific account. The record reflects competing legal characterizations and a pending subpoena request, with no ruling described this session.
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Impeachment Trial - Day 5
On Day 5 of the Senate impeachment trial, a prosecution witness recounted a video in which the Vice President stated she had instructed someone to kill the President, the First Lady, and former Speaker Martin Romualdez if she herself were killed, and testified that the President took the remarks as serious and real. Defense counsel argued that grave threats and inciting to sedition are not impeachable offenses. The Presiding Officer stated the impeachment court would decide as a body the following day on twin motions to subpoena the BIR and the AMLA.
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Impeachment Trial - Day 4
On Day 4, an NBI investigator testified about the bureau's grave-threats investigation into the Vice President's November 2024 statements, while defense counsel challenged the investigation's documents on dates, signatures, and a DOJ finding of insufficiency. The presiding officer scheduled oral arguments for Wednesday on requested subpoenas for bank, AMLC, and BIR records. Senator-judges also pressed both sides on the wording of the alleged threat and on whether the Vice President's Answer specifically denied the contracting allegation.
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Impeachment Trial - Day 3
Defense counsel concluded cross-examination of NBI Senior Agent John Mark Calilung by testing the investigation's foundation — the alleged offended parties never appeared or complained, the witness had no personal knowledge of the threat or alleged hitman, and the DOJ had first returned the NBI affidavit as deficient. The court subpoenaed OVP chief of staff Zuleika Lopez, set July 15 oral arguments on the BIR-box and bank-record subpoenas, and adjourned to July 13.
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Impeachment Trial - Day 2
The prosecution began its Article IV presentation, played the November 2024 video in court, and presented NBI Senior Agent John Mark Calilung on video preservation and authentication while the defense objected repeatedly.
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Impeachment Trial - Day 1
Trial proper opened. Senator-judges elected Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero as presiding officer, heard both sides' opening frames, and began the first subpoena and evidence-handling fights.
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