Key Witness In DiMasi Trial Back On The Stand
Former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi speaks to reporters as he leaves a federal courtroom in 2009. (AP)
“If one of us breaks, we all fall.”
That’s what former Massachusetts House Speaker, Salvatore DiMasi, is alleged to have said to his alleged co-conspirators when their alleged kick-back scheme started to come apart. Allegedly.
Who’s doing all the alleging? Today it’s the one who broke. Joseph Lally, the big money software salesman who claims to have hatched a complex scheme to funnel cash to DiMasi in exchange for help landing a state contract.
Lally has flipped. He is now the prosecution’s star witness, and on Thursday he’s on the stand for a second straight day.
Guest:
- David Boeri, WBUR reporter
More:
- WBUR Timeline: Speaker DiMasi Corruption Trial
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