Blair advised those accused in hacking scandal - Video
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair advised the people accused over the phone hacking scandal, according to a court hearing. ● During a hearing at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, known as the Old Bailey, in London on Wednesday, it was revealed that Blair offered to help media mogul Rupert Murdoch and former chief executive of Murdoch’s British newspapers, Rebekah Brooks, at the height of the hacking scandal in 2011. In an hour-long phone conversation with Brooks the day after the closure of the News of the World tabloid in July 2011, the former UK premier advised her to “keep strong” and “tough up” as the crisis would pass. She summarized Blair’s advice in an email, saying he had offered to act as an “unofficial adviser” to her, Rupert Murdoch and his son James on a “between-us” basis at the height of the phone hacking scandal. According to Brooks’s note, Blair had also suggested that Murdoch follow steps he took to address the public anger over Britain’s involvement in the Iraq war.
BBC: Phone-hacking trial: Blair 'advised Brooks before arrest'