Conrad Black asserts his innocence without qualification with respect to each and every one of the charges set forth in the indictment,

I have no doubt that mothers in America use my name to frighten their children into finishing their vegetables.

Exaggerated claims laced with outright lies

[It charged that Mr. Newman had falsely and maliciously written in his 2004 autobiography,] Here Be Dragons: Telling Tales of People, Passion and Power, … engaged in a wide range of criminal acts spanning many...