Former Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar wants a severance from his co-defendant and is asking a federal judge to allow him to proceed to trial separately from ex-Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan, …
By FRED SHUSTER | City News Service
In a motion filed in L.A. federal court, Huizar’s attorney insists that Chan’s defense strategy would include arguing that “Huizar is guilty and Mr. Chan is not guilty by comparing and contrasting their conduct as criminal and noncriminal, respectively.” The lawyer states that he has determined a severance is necessary after reviewing the “voluminous discovery produced by the government, observing the last two trials, and weighing different tactical approaches.”
In the first Huizar-related trial, a federal jury in June found Bel Air real estate developer David Lee and 940 Hill LLC, a Lee-controlled company, guilty of felony charges, including fraud and bribery, for providing $500,000 in cash to Huizar and his special assistant in exchange for their help in resolving a labor organization’s appeal of their downtown development project.
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