‘Politics for Profit’ or ‘Pure Fiction’: Opening Statements Aired in Corruption Trial of Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao
Prosecutors say the former mayor and three co-defendants used city power for contracts, mailers and no-show payments in a pay-to-play scheme.
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Opening statements begin in former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's trial on corruption charges
Opening statements in the corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and three others began on Wednesday morning after jury selection wrapped up on Tuesday evening.
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The Mercury news‘Politics for profit’ or ‘pure fiction’: Opening statements aired in corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao
OAKLAND, Calif. — Ex-Mayor Sheng Thao betrayed Oakland by making herself “open for business” to illegal bribes before stepping foot into the mayor’s office, federal prosecutors declared Wednesday at the start of a federal corruption trial detailing the East Bay’s…
Thao corruption trial opens with vastly different pictures of defendants
The federal corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao began in earnest Wednesday, with prosecutors and defense attorneys presenting the jury with starkly different versions of the case. At the start of what’s expected to be a roughly six-week trial, opposing attorneys painted the defendants as, on one hand, cunning political operatives and shady […]
On October 14th, many American news outlets such as the New York Times, ABC, CBS News, etc., reported that the court had begun the trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and city contractors in a corruption case. Among the defendants is Vietnamese-American businessman David Duong, also known as the "garbage king".
Opening Statements Underway In Sheng Thao Corruption Trial
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