Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100817:23:07:00
Completed. now, in the law books, it is a crime to say you're going to sell a government service to a campaign contributor. it's a crime to talk about selling government contracts, selling a permit for a hospital, some of the cases -- the issues in this case, but jurors like to see a completed crime. jurors like to see, you know, an actual act of bribery take place and this case was mostly about talk and the defense was, it was only talk. and at least the jurors -- enough jurors bought that defense to stop a conviction on the vast, vast majority of counts. >> fascinating points by both jeff to...
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