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DEL.ICIO.USDefense: Aide took, kept payoffs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bill Campbell defense attorney Billy Martin chipped away at the prosecution’s bank evidence during cross examination today. Martin questioned IRS agent Bill Salinski about how thorough bank records are in determining how much cash Dewey Clark had at his disposal.
The defense claims that Clark, who testified this week that he collected thousands of dollars in cash bribes from strip club owner Michael Childs and city contractor George Greene and passed them to Campbell, did not give the money to Campbell, but kept it to himself.
At one point Martin asked Salinski about Clark’s 1997 bank records that indicated he spent $63.87 for groceries at Piggly Wiggley and $129 for dry cleaning in an entire year. Didn’t Salinski think, asked Martin, that Clark probably spent more than those figures for dry cleaning and groceries in an entire year.
Salinski said: “He probably did, but he had available cash to do it.”
To which Martin responded: “And one of the issues of this case is how much available cash he did have, isn’t it?” said Martin.
“Yes,” said Salinkski.
Martin concluded his cross:
“You are not able to tell the exact amount of cash he either skimmed or collected from Michael Childs and George Greene, are you?” Martin asked the IRS investigator.
“I don’t know exactly,” testified Salinsky.
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