Egypt - Mubarak Defense Is Opened - NYTimes.com Lawyers for Hosni Mubarak, the ousted president, called him "a clean man who could not do wrong" as they began laying out their defense on Tuesday against charges that he participated in corruption and directed the killing of demonstrators. Mr. Mubarak's chief lawyer, Farid el-Deeb, cited the testimony of the former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman that Mr. Mubarak had instructed police to use only nonlethal weapons like tear gas, water cannons and nightsticks in battling the protests last year that ultimately ended his rule. Mr. Mubarak, 83, was once again rolled into the court on a stretcher. But for the first time since the trial began in August, he then sat up in a wheelchair, presenting his face to the court as he listened to the defense, state news media reported.