{
  "id": 5469519,
  "title": "‘I did not think it was bogus’: Charles Perrottet did not report extortion attempt to police",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/i-did-not-think-it-was-bogus-charles-perrottet-did-not-report",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T01:58:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/i-did-not-think-it-was-bogus-charles-perrottet-did-not-report-extortion-attempt-to-police-20260904-p60uge.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The one-time “muscle” of the right-wing of the Liberal Party said he had no reason to believe an extortion attempt was a fake.",
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        "title": "‘I did not think it was bogus’: Charles Perrottet did not report extortion attempt to police",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/i-did-not-think-it-was-bogus-charles-perrottet-did-not-report-5469831",
        "published": "2026-09-04T01:58:57.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}