In final arguments, prosecutor said 5 former Navy officers betrayed their country by taking bribes, as defense slammed a government case built on unreliable witnesses and lacking proof
The trial of five former Navy officers accused of taking bribes from the former Singapore businessman known as “Fat Leonard” was placed in the hands of a San Diego federal jury Tuesday after 14 weeks of testimony and argument.
The gifts included fancy meals, boxes of cigars, stays at luxury hotels, and for some, the services of prostitutes, Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Pletcher told jurors. They also noted the government’s case conspicuously lacked a major piece: testimony from Francis himself, orchestrator of the scheme whose name has become synonymous with corruption. The government decided not to call Francis for what has turned out to be the only criminal trial in the entire scandal.
For several years Francis has been allowed to live at an undisclosed location in San Diego, outside the teeming and periodically COVID-struck downtown federal jail, while under treatment for a medical condition. During that time, he had enough freedom to record aTodd Burns, the lawyer for Dolan, played for jurors an outtake from the podcast that he said was all the explanation that was necessary for his absence.
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