A John Grisham novel or a damning indictment?

As Prime Minister Joseph Muscat faces his toughest hour so far, Kurt Sansone looks at how the Egrant story developed on Daphne Caruana Galizia’s blog and elsewhere. April 15: The Leyla and Michelle photo Under the heading ‘Egrant Inc: hiding in plain sight’ Ms Caruana Galizia says she has discovered who owns the third Panama company, Egrant Inc. She does not disclose the name but the story is accompanied by a file photo depicting the Prime Minister’s wife, Michelle Muscat, with Leyla Aliyeva, daughter of Azeri President Ilham Aliev. She also says that “very large sums of money from the bank account of a company owned by politically exposed persons in Azerbaijan” were transferred to bank accounts held by Egrant Inc, Hearnville Inc and Tillgate Inc. She implies the Maltese bank used for these transactions is Pilatus, based in Ta’ Xbiex. Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri deny their firms, Hearnville and Tillgate, respectively, ever traded or had bank accounts and say they will sue Ms Caruana Galizia. April 16: Seeking informers Ms Caruana Galizia publishes a call for information asking former and current employees of the Malta Financial Services Authority, the Financial Intelligence...