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DEL.ICIO.USMayor’s golfing buddy to say more about bribes
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The federal racketeering trial of former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell opens Friday morning with Dan DeBardelaben on the stand facing cross-examination from defense attorney Billy Martin.
The prosecution hopes to finish its case today, but testimony may spill into Monday, with possibly two or three prosecution witnesses still in the wings.
Debardelaben, a Lithonia businessman and friend of Campbell’s, testified Thursday that in 1999 he gave the mayor $55,000 in cash bribes. He said some of the bribe money was given to him by businessman Sam Barber.
Prosecutors planned to call Barber to testify about a deal he and DeBardelaben made to sell computer software and services to the city in 1999. But, as they are wrapping up their case, U.S. attorneys have dropped witness over the last few days.
IRS agency Bill Salinski is expected to take the stand again to testify about Campbell’s bank records and expenditures as the government seeks to strengthen its case that Campbell lived on cash to disguise his spending habits, and some of the cash was from bribes.
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