Lawyers in the federal bribery trial of Philadelphia City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson will have their last chance to pitch their cases to jurors on Tuesday, after a day of defense testimony aimed at sowing doubt before they begin their deliberations.
she was paid between 2013 and 2014 through a consulting contract that prosecutors have said was meant to disguise a payoff to her husband.
Engelke told jurors it was he and DiCicco who had first suggested to Universal and its partner, Carl Dranoff, that they obtain the necessary zoning changes through a bill before City Council instead of the more traditional, but often more time-consuming path of going through the city’s zoning board. But prosecutors were quick to point out in cross-examination that Engelke was unaware at the time of the contract Universal had offered Johnson’s wife.
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