Overview
- Prosecutors have shown surveillance video, recorded conversations and texts this week that they say capture White taking envelopes of cash and discussing payments tied to city contracts.
- Key witness Allieu Kamara told the jury he handed White about $35,000 in 2024 and said the two agreed White would receive roughly 3 percent of contracts, a calculation Kamara said could total about $156,000.
- The defense has begun intensive cross‑examination on Thursday, questioning Kamara’s memory, prior crimes, unrecorded calls and his motive to cooperate with the FBI for a lighter sentence.
- Kamara is an FBI cooperator who is awaiting sentencing in separate federal fraud cases, a fact prosecutors and defense lawyers have both used in court to explain his incentives and credibility.
- The trial is ongoing with more testimony expected, including additional questioning of Kamara and other witnesses, and a conviction would carry prison time and automatic loss of White’s council seat.