Overview
- Jurors started weighing the case Monday afternoon, deliberated for about an hour, then recessed until Tuesday.
- Diamantis faces 21 federal counts that include bribery, extortion, conspiracy and making false statements.
- Assistant U.S. Attorneys David Novick and Jonathan Francis argued he accepted cash from contractors and threatened to push Acranom Masonry off projects unless he was paid.
- The defense, led by Norm Pattis, contended there was no quid pro quo or official acts for money and suggested an Acranom executive was double dealing.
- On the stand, Diamantis acknowledged receiving tens of thousands of dollars from Acranom and confirmed his daughter’s hiring by Construction Advocacy Professionals, while denying extortion and offering alternative explanations for his texts.