Defense lawyers sought to undermine contractor Anthony Massa's testimony during cross-examination, hoping to discredit him in front of the jury that will decide the case.
Piece by piece, defense lawyers sought to undermine contractor Anthony Massa 's testimony during cross-examination Tuesday, hoping to discredit him in front of the jury that will decide the case. Across two days on the stand, a key government witness in the federal embezzlement trial of John Dougherty has testified that the former labor leader and his family received years of free home repair work worth thousands of dollars because his union footed the bills.
But as defense lawyers got their first crack at contractor Anthony Massa on Tuesday, they came ready to perform some demolition work of their own. attacked Massa’s story, seeking to discredit him as a “fraudster and a liar” in front of the jury that will ultimately render a verdict in the case. Dougherty, the ex-union leader’s lawyer Greg Pagano insisted, had no idea Massa was billing the union for work done on the private residences. Massa, Pagano maintained, had never bothered to tell him. “You never told Mr
Defense Government Witness John Dougherty Embezzlement Trial Contractor Anthony Massa Testimony Cross-Examination Discredit Jury
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