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Detroit Strip Clubs: Jury begins deliberations in Riddle corruption trial

But Riddle attorney Edward Wishnow said prosecutors used sensational allegations about Conyers to tar Riddle, who was her part-time chief of staff and had separate and legitimate consulting deals.
“Consultants are like lobbyists — it’s a way to gain access,” Wishnow said in describing Riddle’s role.
Riddle, 63, is charged in a seven-count indictment with felonies that include conspiracy, extortion and lying to the FBI. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
In seven days of testimony, jurors heard from a Greektown businessman and owners of a technology company, a strip club and a real estate company who said they were pressured to pay Riddle for consulting in order to get something they needed from Conyers. Jurors were told Riddle was the conduit for bribes paid to Conyers in connection with her deciding vote on the $1.2 billion sewage sludge contract the Detroit City Council awarded to Synagro Technologies Inc. of Texas.

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