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WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge said Monday the head of Philip Morris USA had submitted "2- to 300 pages of self-serving testimony" describing "oh how wonderful we are" in a civil racketeering case the government filed against major U.S. cigarette makers.
U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler's comments came after a government lawyer objected to being barred from a line of questions on Michael E. Szymanczyk's claims that the company operates under a set of core values that he helped write.
Szymanczyk, the chairman and chief executive officer of Philip Morris, was not in the room when Kessler made her comment about his written testimony, which was filed before his court appearance.
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