Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Bribery Charges Dismissed In Nighbert/Lawson Case
KENTUCKY....
As the trial continued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Karl Forester said prosecutors failed to prove Leonard Lawson arranged for Nighbert to get a $125,000-a-year consulting job with Utility Management Group after Nighbert left the Transportation Cabinet in 2007. Forester dismissed two bribery counts and suggested other charges might fall as well. Monday, UMG chief executive Archie Marr testified the company made its own decision to hire Nighbert because of his potentially useful political connections...leaving Forester to rule that he didn't see any connection whatsoever between Lawson and the UMG job.
As the trial continued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Karl Forester said prosecutors failed to prove Leonard Lawson arranged for Nighbert to get a $125,000-a-year consulting job with Utility Management Group after Nighbert left the Transportation Cabinet in 2007. Forester dismissed two bribery counts and suggested other charges might fall as well. Monday, UMG chief executive Archie Marr testified the company made its own decision to hire Nighbert because of his potentially useful political connections...leaving Forester to rule that he didn't see any connection whatsoever between Lawson and the UMG job.
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