Sentence:  Virenque, in a panicky mishearing, replied, “Me a dealer? No, I am not a dealer.” ... Whereupon Virenque's lawyer <WSD>interjected</WSD>, “No, Richard, the judge said "leader". It's not an offense to be a leader.” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To say as an interruption or aside.