Gary Johnson found guilty on one count, not guilty on another in federal bribery case

Published: Jun 13, 2023 Duration: 00:02:12 Category: News & Politics
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There's two charges of bribery 1. Guilty verdict. A jury found former Toledo City Council member Gary Johnson not guilty of 1 charge and guilty of the other. Yeah, Kelly married Kate. She was in court s the jury deliberated for nearly7 hours this week. Kaylee, tell us what happened in court. It was around 1:15 this afternon that we were told the jury had finally come to a decision. Johnson was found not guilty of a charge that stemmed from a $1000 checkt was written as a campaign donat, but the government argued it wan exchange for a favorable vote oa proposed Central Ave. Internet . The count that Gary Johnson was found guilty on is regarding the $2000 cash he was given from Nabil Shaheen. He took the cash he claims he thought was a campaign. Donation, and it was only a few days before the election, so he needed that money quick, Johnson says. He ended up putting the cash ina drawer once he was told he couldn't use it for his sheriff's campaign because it exceeded the $100 cash limit. Under Ohio law, Johnson never spent the money at was never put into his campaign fund. Johnson wouldn't speak to us, but we did talk to one of his attorneys, Richard Kerger, who said the jury did something he's never seen in his fifty ye. Of work. They wrote a note. Judge Helmic. Is with heavy hearts that we der the verdict of guilty on count two of the indictment of Hobbs Act extortion under color of official rights. We believe Gary is an honest, genuine person with good intents who was caught up in a bad situation. Sincerely, the jury. Kroger believes the jury did the best that it could and believes that it might have been stuck on that second count because it involved cash. Kerger said that he does not believe this case is over and there is an undecided motion for an acquittal when it comes o sentencing. It's not clear how, what, how much time or what Johnson could be facing and thee has been no set in state set yet reporting live in downtown Tole, Kaylee Merritt, WTO L11.

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