US EditionProsecutor: Case Against Palm Springs Developer Epitomizes 'Corruption'
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Prosecutor: Case Against Developer Epitomizes `Corruption'
An 86-year-old real estate developer accused of giving then-Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet with six-figure bribes to win his support for projects violated the “public trust,” putting a politician in his pocket to satisfy his greed, a prosecutor said Thursday, while the defense countered that the real corruption lies with a former business partner who testified against the defendant. “He acted with the corrupt intent to bribe,” Riverside County…
Prosecutor: Case against Palm Springs developer epitomizes 'corruption'
BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) - An 86-year-old real estate developer accused of giving then-Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet with six-figure bribes to win his support for projects violated the "public trust,'' putting a politician in his pocket to satisfy his greed, a prosecutor said today, while the defense countered that the real corruption lies with a former business partner who testified against the defendant. "He acted with the corrupt intent t…
Yesterday, developer John Wessman appeared in court accused of bribing former Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet with thousands of dollars to support several projects. The prosecutor said that in 2012 the developer donated money to the International Film Festival to rent a larger space, but this did not happen and his money was returned, but in 2014 he donated $75,000 dollars and that same year the former mayor received $75,000 dollars from the fe…
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