No Verdict Yet, But Safavian Gets Small Piece of Good News

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The judge in the David Safavian trial threw out part of one charge against the former GSA official. Safavian still faces all five counts, however. AP reports:

[T]he judge dismissed a portion of one count of the indictment. The language said Safavian lied by telling a GSA ethics officer Abramoff had no business with the GSA and was not seeking to do business with the agency. There was no evidence during the trial that Safavian ever made such statements to the GSA, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman said.

The judge left intact the remainder of the count that Safavian concealed his assistance to Abramoff.

No word on a verdict; perhaps it will come tomorrow.

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