The last day of testimony by defendant and former White House official David Safavian proved to be a slow-moving train of qualified admissions from the accused: no, he did not tell investigators important information about what he knew of Abramoff’s dealings, although he would have if they had asked directly; no, he didn’t read important documents closely that would have alerted him to problems, although he feels foolish now that he didn’t. No, he didn’t think anything odd about Abramoff emailing GSA-related inquiries to his home email address; he assumed Jack had “privacy issues.”
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