According
to
the
petition,
prosecutors
threatened
Bond
during
plea
negotiations
and
implied
that
it
would
“discontinue
investigating
Bond
if
Salame
pleaded
guilty.”
Now
that
Bond
has
been
indicted,
however,
Salame
is
changing
course.
“Mr.
Salame
is
withdrawing
the
Petition
so
that
Ms.
Bond
may
raise
the
matter
in
her
proceeding,”
Salame’s
lawyers
wrote
in
the
new
court
documents.
“To
be
clear,
Mr.
Salame
stands
by
the
facts
set
forth
in
the
Petition
and
his
accompanying
declaration.
Mr.
Salame
is
withdrawing
the
Petition,
however,
to
allow
the
facts
to
be
developed
by
Ms.
Bond,
and
a
ruling
to
be
made
in
her
case.”