The camp of Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay on Thursday asked the Court of Appeals (CA) to cite Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th in contempt for accusing two CA justices of receiving millions in exchange for the temporary restraining order (TRO) it issued favoring Binay.

Binay lambasted Trillanes for saying that Associate Justices Jose Reyes Jr. and Francisco Acosta each received P25 million from the Binays for the TRO and writ of preliminary injunction issued by the CA’s Sixth Division headed by Reyes. The two orders stopped the Office of the Ombudsman from implementing the suspension order it issued against Binay.

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