Legal Opinion
United States v. McDonough
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 21, 2013No. 11-2130, 11-2163PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
After a six-week trial, a jury in the District of Massachusetts convicted Salvatore F. DiMasi, the former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and Richard W. McDonough, a lobbyist, of numerous crimes resulting from a scheme to funnel money to DiMasi in exchange for political favors. A third alleged participant, DiMasi’s friend and financial advisor Richard Vitale, was acquitted. A fourth, Joseph Lally, pled guilty and cooperated with the government. The basic contours of the scheme saw Lally, as an employee of one company and -later as a principal in…
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