Manila, July 14 -- House impeachment trial adviser and spokesperson Robert "Ace" Barbers on Tuesday rejected Vice President Sara Duterte's statement that she had made no threats, saying the evidence presented before the Senate impeachment court speaks for itself.

Barbers issued the statement in response to Duterte's remarks concerning the fourth article of impeachment complaint, which accuses her of making grave threats and committing betrayal of public trust after she declared that she had instructed someone to kill President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and former House of Representatives Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez should she herself be killed.

In her statement issued Tuesday, Duterte said Monday's...