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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: haqihana who wrote (46766)	11/25/2004 11:05:41 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

LOL someone didn't plan well enough??? This is Atlanta, no one ever plans anything.instead they try patches... This is our ex mayor's buddy, and the new mayor, a friend of Bill and Hillary's is not better.. Guilty plea by friend of ex-mayor Campbell By BILL RANKIN The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 11/23/04 Federal prosecutors on Tuesday obtained another guilty plea in the Atlanta City Hall corruption case. Fred Prewitt, a close friend of former Mayor Bill Campbell's and former chairman of the city Civil Service Board, acknowledged making false statements under oath. By obtaining the guilty plea, federal prosecutors appear to be sharpening their racketeering case against Campbell. Prewitt, 75, long a staunch defender of the former mayor's, was expected to testify in Campbell's defense. But Prewitt's guilty plea Tuesday may neutralize any such testimony. Campbell is charged with racketeering, accepting bribes and evading taxes. He vehemently denies the charges. On Tuesday, one of his attorneys, Steve Sadow, declined to comment on Prewitt's guilty plea. Prewitt was compelled to testify under oath to federal authorities on Aug. 13. He was asked about his relationship with Campbell, including trips he took with the former mayor, his relationship with various city contractors, and his efforts on behalf of himself and those contractors to obtain city business, Assistant U.S. Attorney Phyllis Sumner said at Tuesday's plea hearing. Prosecutors later presented Prewitt and his attorney, Bruce Maloy, with both documentary evidence and testimony from other witnesses to show that statements he had given were false, Sumner said. Prewitt, who is not cooperating with prosecutors, then acknowledged he gave false statements under oath. U.S. District Judge Richard Story sentenced Prewitt to one year on probation, based on prosecutors' recommendation. Still, Story said, there was a "side of me" inclined to sentence him to prison. Story said he did not want people to think they could falsely testify under oath and there would be "no consequence. . . . This is obviously a serious matter." In December 2000, Prewitt pleaded guilty to filing false income tax reports on $583,380 paid him by contractors seeking city work and was sentenced to six months in prison.