Photo: HOWARD LIPIN / Union-Tribune
Brent Wilkes (left, with attorney Mark Geragos) is seen outside court in downtown San Diego today.
I know it is just a drop in the bucket as far as Republican corruption in D.C., but it is nice that right here in San Diego today some justice was served:
SAN DIEGO – Brent Wilkes was convicted Monday of 13 felonies for bribing former congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham with expensive meals, trips, a yacht and mortgage payments for his Rancho Santa Fe mansion in exchange for lucrative government defense contracts......The 53-year-old Poway defense contractor faces at least 20 years in prison.
Following the verdict, jury forewoman Tyheshia Smith-Kruck, the only jury member to speak to reporters, said the jury had no doubts about Wilkes' guilt.
“The evidence was enough to convict him of all charges,” she said.
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