De la Torre, who reportedly received hundreds of millions of dollars while his hospitals were starved of funds, cited a federal court ruling on bankruptcy as his reason for refusing to testify, but the Senate committee rejected that reasoning.
Senator Bernie Sanders criticized de la Torre’s absence, noting the discrepancy between his lavish lifestyle and the horrific conditions reported at Steward facilities.
The committee announced plans to bring civil and criminal defamation charges against him.
Source: Ferra
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