Breaking: Jury Finds Wilkes Guilty on All CountsReports The San Diego Union-Tribune’s News Blog:
A U.S. District Court jury has convicted Brent Wilkes on all 13 counts in his corruption trial. The Poway defense contractor had been accused by prosecutors of leveraging more than $600,000 in cash bribes and thousands more in gifts to ousted Rep. Randy Duke Cunningham in exchange for Cunningham’s influence in securing more than $80 million in government contracts.
More soon.
Update: Wilkes faces up to 20 years for his conviction here, but keep in mind that this is just the first of two trials that Wilkes will face. The second deals with Wilkes’ alleged bribes of former CIA executive director Dusty Foggo.
Later Update: Here’s more from the AP. Wilkes was shocked!
His attorney, Mark Geragos, said he and Wilkes were shocked.“I don’t believe this case was proved beyond a reasonable doubt,” Geragos said outside court. “Obviously I’m very disappointed. I think he shares the confidence that we’ll get it reversed.”