The jury will resume at 9 a.m. Friday, considering 15 felony charges, including accepting bribes, conspiracy to distribute drugs and making false statements, against retired U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent
Accused of taking bribes from drug dealers with ties to the mafia, in exchange for tipping them off to investigations, informants and shielding them from prosecutors
Jurors will begin deliberating today in the trial of former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Joseph Bongiovanni. Here s a breakdown of the charges and how his defense lawyers rebut them.
The topic of cash loomed large as Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Cooper cross-examined Lindsay Bongiovanni, with repeated questions about whether the couple paid cash for their purchases.
Federal prosecutors rested their case Tuesday after calling the last of 70 witnesses in their bribery trial of former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Joseph Bongiovanni.