A One Nation leader says Pauline Hanson was not imprisoned after a “political witch hunt” orchestrated by former Queensland premier Peter Beattie and Liberal Party president Tony Abbott. According to reporting from multiple outlets, the leader made the comments on Thursday, arguing the claim that Hanson’s 11-week imprisonment resulted from political persecution is “simply wrong.” The articles describe Hanson as having served an 11-week jail term, and the One Nation leader frames the allegations against Beattie and Abbott as an attempt to politically explain the outcome. The sources are aligned on the central point: Hanson’s imprisonment is being publicly discussed as part of a dispute over whether it was politically motivated or the result of legal processes. While the accounts report the One Nation leader’s assertion and the specific names involved, they do not provide a detailed counter-response from Beattie or Abbott in the excerpts provided. Overall, the reports focus on the latest public remarks disputing the “witch hunt” characterization of Hanson’s imprisonment.