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Pauline Hanson tells Ben Roberts-Smith supporters she's 'walked in his shoes'
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- Pauline Hanson says she was invited to speak at an event for Ben Roberts-Smith supporters.
- Speaking to Mr Roberts-Smith's supporters in Brisbane on Sunday, the One Nation leader said she too knew what it was like to face criminal charges after she was jailed for electoral fraud in 2003.
- Mr Roberts-Smith was not at the event, whose organisers had invited Senator Hanson to speak.
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Pauline Hanson says she was invited to speak at an event for Ben Roberts-Smith supporters. (ABC News: Tara Cassidy)
Link copied Share Share article Pauline Hanson says she has "walked in the shoes" of accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith but it wouldn't be "fair" to ask him to stand for One Nation ahead of his trial.
Speaking to Mr Roberts-Smith's supporters in Brisbane on Sunday, the One Nation leader said she too knew what it was like to face criminal charges after she was jailed for electoral fraud in 2003.
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