Post by Logan on Jul 7, 2016 4:14:14 GMT -6
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Prosecutors on the second day of hearings in the public corruption case against former Sen. Phil Griego attempted to show the longtime lawmaker cashed in some favors owed and exploited the trust of his busy legislative colleagues to slip a resolution through the Roundhouse that later earned him a $50,000 broker’s fee.
Making their way through a long list of witnesses – which includes some of the most highly placed politicians and lawyers in the state – prosecutors with the Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday called to the stand the former Speaker of the House Ken Martinez, D-Grants, Cabinet Secretary Ed Burckle of the General Services Department and Rep. Jim Trujillo, D-Santa Fe.
Those three and two other men, a real estate broker who felt “cheated” by Griego and a state lawyer who was forced to testify, took the stand in the second day of the four-day preliminary hearing in the fraud and perjury case against Griego. District Court Judge Brett Loveless in Albuquerque will use the hearing to determine whether the state can proceed with its case to trial.
Griego is accused of pushing the Legislature to authorize the sale of a historic state building, then pocketing $50,000 from the sale in 2014. He faces 28 years in prison.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/803845/politicians-colleagues-testify-in-griego-case.html
Making their way through a long list of witnesses – which includes some of the most highly placed politicians and lawyers in the state – prosecutors with the Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday called to the stand the former Speaker of the House Ken Martinez, D-Grants, Cabinet Secretary Ed Burckle of the General Services Department and Rep. Jim Trujillo, D-Santa Fe.
Those three and two other men, a real estate broker who felt “cheated” by Griego and a state lawyer who was forced to testify, took the stand in the second day of the four-day preliminary hearing in the fraud and perjury case against Griego. District Court Judge Brett Loveless in Albuquerque will use the hearing to determine whether the state can proceed with its case to trial.
Griego is accused of pushing the Legislature to authorize the sale of a historic state building, then pocketing $50,000 from the sale in 2014. He faces 28 years in prison.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/803845/politicians-colleagues-testify-in-griego-case.html