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DEL.ICIO.USRebuttal witnesses to be called today
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The prosecution is calling rebuttal witnesses today and both sides plan to deliver their closing arguements to the jury Thursday in the federal corruption trial of former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell.
Prosectors declined to say what or how many witness they will bring to the stand today to refute defense witness who have testified over the last five days. In all more than 80 witness have testified in the trial, in its seventh week.
Campbell is charged with racketeering, taking bribes and tax evasion.
On Monday the former mayor — who has often publicly declared he wants to testify in his own defense — said he had decided not to because prosecutors would not agree not to ask him about his personal life, that their case so far has not been about corruption, but rather character assassination.
U.S. Attorney David Nahmias issued a statement saying the government will not “make special exceptions for this defendent. All our questions would be relevant to the alleged criminal offenses.”
The prosecution maintains that the former mayor’s crimes are inseperable from his personal life. He took trips with women and gambled with cash the government claims sometimes was bribe money from city contractors.
The jury is expected to get the case either late Thursday, or Friday morning.
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