Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Watch This!

The prosecution continues to show jurors undercover tapes.

Right now they're watching an undercover tape shot inside the E-cycle office in downtown Memphis.

Ford and the undercover agent are on the tape talking about the legislation the government says Ford tried to pass in Nashville that would benefit the government's sham company.

The tape the jurors are watching was one of the first to be played out it the media. It's the tape where the undercover agent counts out cash, hands it to
Ford, and then the former senator is seen tucking the cash into his inside suit pocket.

It's the same tape where the undercover agent jokes that the teller at the bank joked about how much cash he was taking out, asking him if he was going shopping.

"They're not talking about movies. They're not talking about anything but PASSING THAT LEGISLATION," the prosecutor tells the jury.

"Now let's see what happens," the prosecutor tells the jury. He then plays the portion of the tape where the cash exchanges hands.