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Ex-Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles goes to NBI over VP Duterte probe

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1733461933196GeFtvWhbIAAl7Fd.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Former Press Secretary Trixie Angeles-Cruz attends a hearing in the NBI Cybercrime Division after she was summoned in their investigation on the threats made by VP Sara Duterte. Niko Baua, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former Press Secretary Trixie Angeles-Cruz attends a hearing in the NBI Cybercrime Division after she was summoned in their investigation on the threats made by VP Sara Duterte. Niko Baua, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span>MANILA —  Former Palace Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles on Friday appeared before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) after she was summoned to shed light in its investigation into the alleged threats made by Vice President Sara Duterte during a press conference last month.</div><p>Angeles attended Duterte&#x27;s virtual press conference on Nov. 23 as a &quot;political vlogger.&quot; </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/23/vp-duterte-lashes-out-at-marcoses-romualdez-1720">&#x27;P*t*ng *n* ninyong lahat!&#x27;: Sara Duterte lashes out at Marcoses, Romualdez</a></div><p>During the expletive-filled press con, Duterte said she had arranged for President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., the First Lady, and the House Speaker to be killed in the event that she was killed first.</p><p>The NBI earlier sought the statement of 3 reporters assigned to cover the Office of the Vice President. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/4/3-journalists-appear-at-nbi-to-shed-light-on-vp-duterte-threat-at-presscon-1127">3 journalists appear at NBI to shed light on VP Sara Duterte &#x27;threat&#x27; at presscon</a></div><p>Duterte said her statement was &quot;maliciously taken out of logical context.&quot; She is scheduled to appear at the NBI on December  11 over the same issue.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZLcjP5LBRcw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Angeles attended Duterte's virtual press conference on Nov. 23 as a "political vlogger."</p>

Angeles attended Duterte's virtual press conference on Nov. 23 as a "political vlogger."