This is not the first time that Mr. Wilson has recanted a statement involving the secretary general and his son.
A report from the interview, dated April 1, 2010, indicated that the woman had recanted a statement made the day before, when she told the police that two of the men had beaten her and forced her to have sex.
No witness ever recanted a prior statement or grand jury testimony.
And Mr. Coicou contradicted his own grand jury testimony while testifying, recanting a prior statement that he had heard one of Mr. Bell's friends say he was going to get a gun.
This trial balloon was quickly and vehemently shot down by members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and other progressive forces, and by the end of the day Schumer's office had formally recanted, issuing a statement that he didn't support such cuts.
The Boston Globe quoted the man, Lt. Cmdr. George Elliott, retired, who as Mr. Kerry's commander in Vietnam had recommended him for a Silver Star, as recanting a recent sworn statement that he did not believe Mr. Kerry deserved the decoration because of accusations that he had earned it by shooting a fleeing, wounded Vietcong in the back.
After attempting to convince the viewers that he is "like a guy, a regular guy," Lowe does not recant his statement or reveal his source.
A few days later, he told Mr. Combs, who had posted his $10,000 bail and hired a lawyer for him, of his decision to recant his statement.
Father Flannery said the Vatican wanted him specifically to recant the statement, and affirm that Christ instituted the church with a permanent hierarchical structure and that bishops are divinely established successors to the apostles.
The mayor shook Sauermann's hand and told him to recant his statement comparing the behavior of the mob to that of the Americans.
