"The prisoner is shopping for warrants" vs "the suspect leads the investigation"

[Anchor]
Yoon Suk Yeol's side criticized the high-ranking government official's criminal investigation office for "warrant shopping."

However, there are criticisms that he is actually trying to lead the investigation as a suspect, denying not only the investigation agency but also the court.

Reporter Shin Ji-won reports.

[Reporter]
In response to the simultaneous request for attendance by the prosecution and the Joint Investigation Headquarters, President Yoon first took issue with the overlapping investigation.

[Yoon Gap-geun / Attorney for President Yoon Suk Yeol (December 27th last year): There were three cases of overlapping investigations (prosecution, police, and Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit)..]

After the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit took over the case from the prosecution and police and requested an arrest warrant, he denied the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit's investigation authority,
When the arrest warrant for
was issued, the Western District Court also pointed out that no.

[Yoon Gap-geun / Yoon Suk Yeol President's lawyer (Dec. 31 last year): He went to the Western District Court as if he was shopping for a warrant]

As the second arrest warrant execution was counted down, this time, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit admitted it, so they changed their position to request a warrant from the Central District Court instead.

Even this cannot be an 'arrest warrant', and he said he would respond only if he requested an 'arrest warrant' or handed it over to trial.

[Yoon Gap-geun / Attorney for President Yoon Suk Yeol (last 8th): Prosecute or seek a pre-warrant. Then I'll accept the 'court trial']

In fact, the intention is not to be investigated by the investigative agency, which is the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, but to immediately be judged by the court.
It is in line with the existing position that the impeachment trial comes before the
investigation.President Yoon's lawyers,

, claimed that they were late to submit a senior appointment to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and that they were attacked by the gate, which is interpreted as an attempt to turn the arrow of criticism to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and to be investigated without detention.

In the end, it is analyzed that President Yoon, the suspect of rebellion, has entered a "struggle" to create public opinion in his favor for the time being.

I'm Shin Jiwon of YTN.

Video editing: Eunji Kang