At the Assembly finance committee, Mr Bryson repeated that a fee which he did not specify was lodged into an offshore account. Tughans later confirmed money had been diverted to it by Mr Coulter.
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In a statement, Peter Robinson said: “I repeat, I neither received, expected to receive, sought, nor was I offered a single penny as a result of the NAMA sale”.
Mr Robinson has strenuously denied the allegations which, he claims, lack credibility and which have no evidential basis.
It is hard not to agree with Mr Robinson’s claim that “the scripted performance” at the committee yesterday was “little short of pantomime”. “It is outrageous that such scurrilous and unfounded allegations can be made without providing one iota of evidence”.
Another is that Peter Robinson stood down for a six-week period and if there isn’t some sort of revolving mechanism dreamt up by the DUP that should be running out, I think it is 22 October.
“We enter the talks with some concerns, not least about whether there will be a two party carve up (DUP and Sinn Fein) in a parallel process, but the glass is half full and we see opportunities”, he said.
Mr Bryson named all five of the accused beneficiaries to the public hearing.
Sensational evidence from Jamie Bryson – the merits or otherwise will be established over the next few weeks and months, if not by this committee then through the courts.
He said Mr Robinson did at some point tell him Pimco had bid and subsequently withdrawn, but not the detail.
While the Nama investigators, including the police and legislators, must follow the path the evidence takes them without fear or favour, their inquiries should be set in context. “I am not hiding behind privilege here today”.
The Democratic Unionist Party leader was admitted after suffering a reaction to prescribed medication.
Mr Martin asked the Taoiseach if he would not accept that there was an extraordinary contrast in how the United States and UK authorities had responded and if he would accept that there was a light response by the Irish authorities to the sale.
Robinson is taking steps to sue Wallace over a tweet linking him to the Nama controversy.
November 8, 2013: Frank Cushnahan resigned from Nama’s Northern Ireland Advisory Committee, citing family reasons.
Given its wide-ranging remit and resources, it would be reasonable to assume it knows the extent of paramilitary involvement in organised crime in Northern Ireland.
Peter Robinson will attend crucial talks for saving Northern Ireland’s power-sharing executive this morning – a day after being discharged from hospital.
Robinson, who resigned as First Minister earlier this month, spent Saturday night in Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital and is said by the Belfast Trust to be “comfortable and doing well”.
Solicitors for Andrew Creighton, David Watters and Ian Coulter were not available for immediate comment.
Mr McGuinness claimed he was “kept in the dark” over meetings around the sale of NAMA assets.
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April 3, 2014: Cerebus is chosen as the successful bidder for the portfolio.
