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The federal corruption trial for Johnson and his aide, Garnell Jamison, is under way in Akron. Author: Mark Naymik (WKYC) Updated: 10:36 PM EDT July 21, 2021
AKRON, Ohio Federal prosecutors said in opening statements Wednesday that 75-year-old Cleveland City Councilman Ken Johnson is a cheat and a liar who manipulated people close to him in three schemes to defraud taxpayers of tens of thousands of dollars.
On the first day of Johnson s corruption trial, prosecutors focused on reimbursements Johnson received for expenses he claimed he paid for out of his pocket to help clean and cut vacant lots in his east side ward. The prosecution s key witness was Robert Fitzpatrick, who testified that Johnson befriended him as a boy and that he later moved into Johnson s home.
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Cleveland City Councilman Ken Johnson stripped of chairmanship, removed from committees in wake of federal indictment
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
Posted Feb 23, 2021
Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley on Tuesday stripped indicted Councilman Ken Johnson of his chairmanship of council’s Municipal Services and Properties Committee.The Plain Dealer
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley on Tuesday stripped indicted Councilman Ken Johnson of his chairmanship of council’s Municipal Services and Properties Committee and removed him from his committees.
Kelley announced the changes Tuesday afternoon. Councilman Kevin Bishop will take Johnson’s place as chairman. Bishop has been a member of that committee.