Sunday, May 24, 2009
Lawson Lawyers Seek Live Testimony From Beshear
The staff of Governor Steve Beshear will appear Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Covington in relation to a $130 million trial. Friday, Larry Mackey, a lawyer for road contractor Leonard Lawson, filed a motion stating Governor Beshear should be required to testify in person at the June 23rd. federal corruption trial involving former Transportation Secretary Bill Nighbert, Lawson and aide Brian Billings. Federal prosecutors had filed an earlier motion asking Beshear be allowed to give a taped deposition. Mackey says he should testify in person because Lawson has the right to cross examine the governor, and the jury should be allowed to see and judge his credibility by the way he acts and talks. Senate President David Williams is also slated to testify at the trial.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 7:28 PM 
