# ICAC lawyer tells Charles Perrottet the key to lying is ‘you have to be really good at remembering it’

https://mins.news/en/item/38220

- The Guardian, 2026-08-31 05:49 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/31/icac-charles-perrottet-lawyer-ntwnfb

> Charles Perrottet told New South Wales ICAC he had invented updates for property developer Jean Nassif and added political commentary to keep him making payments, while denying he lied to the watchdog. Counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer accused him of being untruthful and “constructing evidence”, which Perrottet rejected.