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The attorneys on both sides of the John Ford Tennessee Waltz case are talking to the judge in sidebar.

We're still waiting on the jury.

Several representatives from the government who held the first media conference to announce the Tennessee Waltz arrests, including My Harrison, are in the courtroom now.

Courtroom observers believe Ford's attorney Michael Scholl has put on the most spirited defense among the attorneys in the various Waltz trials so far.

Scholl has contended Ford accepted money from the undercover agents as consulting fees, not bribes.

Scholl painted the "Waltz" as an overzealous expensive operation, and that his client, John Ford, was entrapped.

The FBI says Ford approached them first at a dinner in Nashville.

John Ford's eldest daughter, Kimba, has just arrived in the courtroom. She has been here non-stop during the trial. She has been by her father's side, shielding him from the media's questions.

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