The former first minister accused of the sexual assault of 9 women has been ACQUITTED on all counts of sexual assault.
The incidents were said to have taken place between 2008 and 2014 and he had maintained his innocence all this time.
The prosecutors tried to paint the picture of a powerful man who abused his position for his own gratification.
Sources close to Mr Salmond have told Sky News he believes former ally Nicola Sturgeon conspired against him, and that this whole situation had political motivations. This is the obviously something Ms Sturgeon has denied, telling the Scottish Parliament in January 2019: “It seems to me that I am being simultaneously accused of being involved in a conspiracy against Alex Salmond, and also of colluding with Alex Salmond.
“Nothing could be further from the truth in both of those – neither of those things are true.”
One of the sources also said: “I think he saw it as Nicola Sturgeon having been involved in the conspiracy, if not at the heart of it, very near to the heart.
“Alex thinks that Nicola thought he was going to make a comeback and her husband were out to stop that happening.
“He claims, though, it was the furthest thing from his mind. The only reason he can think that they wanted to throw him under a bus is that they feared he would want to be first minister again.
“He’ll certainly re-join the party and will want to stand in the Holyrood elections next year. I don’t think he’ll make a play to be first minister but I do think he will try to complicate Nicola’s efforts to carry on.”
The sources added: “He’s suffered financially, this has cost him hundreds of thousands of pounds. His reputation has suffered because of a lot of stuff that came out during the course of the trial but I don’t think it’s terminal damage.”
