Of course, they closed with the hookers.
Two of the prostitutes who serviced Duke Cunningham and Brent Wilkes during their 2003 trip to Hawaii wrapped up the prosecution’s case, and now it’s Wilkes’ turn. How much of a case he’ll put on is entirely unclear. His lawyer Mark Geragos has threatened to call Cunningham himself to testify, but who knows if he’ll follow through? It’s also unclear whether Geragos will try to get other lawmakers to testify about their relationship with Wilkes — as part of his defense that his gifts to Cunningham were just the way Washington worked for a defense contractor.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179576