Foggo Bribery Case Moves to Virginia, Wilkes Charges DroppedGood news for Brent Wilkes! Well, sort of. On Tuesday, he’s due to be sentenced for bribing Duke Cunningham, where he could face up to 60 years in prison.
But Wilkes was also on the hook for bribing his old buddy Dusty Foggo, then the executive director of the CIA. But no more. Prosecutors, apparently figuring that Wilkes has gotten his due, are dropping him from that case (though they say they could re-indict later) and have agreed to move the case to Virginia, as Foggo’s lawyers had requested. From The San Diego Union-Tribune:
For the past several months, Foggo’s Washington, D.C.-based lawyers have asked [Judge Larry] Burns to transfer the case out of California. They said it made sense because 90 percent of the actions alleged in the complaint took place in that area and not in Southern California, and virtually all the witnesses and documents are based there.While Burns agreed the case should be moved, both prosecutors and Wilkes balked. But on Feb. 1, Wilkes dropped his objections to the move.
The government followed suit Thursday. In a brief court filing they said that “the government has recently uncovered evidence to support additional charges” against Foggo.
And if you need some refreshing on the Foggo case, see here (“I am now, have been in the past, and will continue to as long as I breath [sic] - be your partner… so what do you want me to do?”), here, and here.