MILAN, Italy, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi failed Wednesday in a bid to have judges recused from a Milan trial in which he's accused of bribing a tax lawyer.
Lawyers for Berlusconi, also a media magnate, had claimed bias by judges after they reduced the number of witnesses and sped the trial, in which a verdict is likely Saturday, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.