Daily News | Kenyatta Johnson’s bribery trial starts today — the second for a city councilmember in a year
That opportunity arrives this week. But federal prosecutors say they like their chances, too.
He’d also be facing up to 20 years in prison on each of the two counts of honest services fraud with which he is charged. In a court filing earlier this month, they outlined the evidence they say proves Johnson accepted payoffs — in the form of a consulting contract for his wife, Dawn Chavous — from two executives at Universal Companies, the South Philadelphia community development charity and charter school operator founded by renowned music producer Kenny Gamble.
Her lawyer, Barry Gross, said they would show at trial that Chavous did considerable work for Universal and brought a wealth of experience to the nonprofit’s charter school operation.
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