Sentence examples similar to trumped up trial from inspiring English sources

KIEV, Ukraine — The former prime minister of Ukraine was arrested in a courtroom here on Friday for contempt, during her trial on what rights advocates say is a trumped up charge that centers on whether a document was stamped correctly.

Today's tempest over "turnip" is similarly trumped up.

They claim that the charges are all trumped up.

Mr. Besigye said the charges were trumped up.

Mr. Saro-Wiwa was arrested in 1994 and put on trial before a special military court along with the other Ogoni advocates, on charges that human rights groups and Western governments said were trumped up.

The charges were ludicrous, trumped up.

His attorney tells Forbes the charges are trumped up.

"These are trumped up charges and it is totally wrong.

Most believe the charges against him to be trumped up.

What do the MPs' expenses scandal in Britain, the trumped-up trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader, and the European elections have in common?

He described his impending trial as "trumped up charges in a kangaroo court", motivated not by justice but to "get at my head".