Liberia, July 21 -- Former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. has renewed his confrontation with the Boakai administration, accusing Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung of orchestrating a judicial effort to overturn his acquittal in what has become one of Liberia's most consequential corruption cases in recent history.

The accusations, made on the eve of Criminal Court "C" Judge Ousmane Feika's ruling on allegations of jury tampering, represent the latest chapter in a legal and political battle that has increasingly shifted from the courtroom to the court of public opinion.

From Acquittal to a New Legal Battle

Tweah and a co-defendant were acquitted by a jury in the landmark economic sabotage and corruption t...