David Miscavige and his 'I am not a crook' moment!

We love the reactions to this morning’s big story about a 1994 David Miscavige interview that has been rescued from obscurity by our friend, Austrian journalist Peter Reichelt.

With Scientology’s crisis in Germany reaching a fever pitch, Miscavige was convinced by two of his Austrian underlings to give the interview for Profil magazine, where reporter Wolf Lotter hit him with some great questions.

His responses were bombastic, as you would expect, but also a little weird in places.

Let’s discuss it!

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