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DEL.ICIO.USTestimony resumes today
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The third week of the federal corruption trial against former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell reopens today with prosecutors trying to build on testimony from three witnesses that have connected Campbell to thousands in bribes from city contractors, and a stripclub owner.
Campbell is facing charges on racketeering, accepting bribes and tax evasion.
The trial has been a mixture of high drama and tedium, as a rogues gallery of Campbell cronies (Michael Sullivan, Dewey Clark, Bert Timmerman) have taken the stand, interrupted by dickering between attorneys over procedure, then testimony about bank records.
Prosecutors believe the case, will take between six and eight weeks. Judge Richard Story has been hard-pressed to keep proceedings moving. One day 13 members of the jury were stranded on an elevator. Twice last week spectators were ejected for interrupting court.
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