Jurors Hear Opening Statements in Corruption Trial of Former Sheriff Lee Baca

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Jurors in Downtown L.A. heard opening statements Wednesday in the corruption trial of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca.

Federal prosecutor Brandon Fox began by telling jurors Baca abused his power and tried to sweep misconduct under the rug while serving as Sheriff.

"Mr. Baca was the heartbeat of this conspiracy, the leader of this conspiracy, he was the driving force behind it," Fox said during a 40 minute presentation.

Baca faces charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice in the first of two trials.

He's accused of masterminding a scheme in 2011 to try to stop a federal grand jury investigation of inmate abuse and corruption, first by hiding an inmate who was acting as an FBI informant, then b

[ColdOne]

Hope he gets 20 years. He thought he was going to get 6 months....complained about that. Under his leadership....cops beat up inmates and visitors. He tried to scare off a female fbi agent when he found out the fbi was investigating his dept. he hid the fbi informant in his jail system for 6 months.

had a couple of his cops go to her place and video taped it so they could watch it later.

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oh now his lawyers and him are trying to tell us he suffers from Alzheimers. First it was just during his first trial...then the lawyers say he has been suffering for years and it hurt his ability to make decisions back when he was Sheri.

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ping

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sheri=sheriff

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OK, I thought it was a trans-situation.

[ptsal]

Prediction.... four years.... The date line will read: Sacramento legislators under investigation for bribery and contract irregularities following the Democrat Party gaining a super-majority in the 2016 election.

Flies going to stink.

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[al baby]

Lee baca never fooled me scumy pos cop

[Kellis91789]

The Hillary Clinton defense. She couldn’t remember anything when the FBI and Congress asked her about stuff, probably due to that fall and concussion, but she was fine now, thank you for asking, and ready to the be President ...