Jury convicted four men of bribery and conspiracy and could not reach a verdict for a fifth
A federal jury in San Diego on Wednesday convicted four of five former U.S. naval officers of conspiracy, bribery and fraud, capping a five-month trial and a decade-long investigation of the worst corruption scandal in the history of the Navy.
The lengthy trial — the only one in the sprawling prosecution — began with opening statements March 2. The evidence jurors were shown featured reams of documents including emails and invoices, testimony from federal agents and testimony from other Navy officials who had pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate in exchange for a potentially lighter sentence.
The trial included an extraordinary three-day hearing over allegations that federal prosecutors had illegally withheld information from defense lawyers. It was one of several motions that defense attorneys filed during the course of the trial contending that prosecutors had committed misconduct and that a mistrial should be declared.
But, in response, government lawyers said that nothing the defense raised in the motions was enough to halt the case. “None of the issues — individually or collectively — arise to ‘flagrant misbehavior’ or have caused ‘substantial prejudice’ to the defendants,” prosecutors wrote.
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