HARTFORD, Conn. — Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez's chief of staff says dyslexia may have kept the mayor from seeing a developer's e-mail that discussed a payoff demand by a North End politician.
Susan McMullen testified June 10 in Perez's corruption trial. He's is charged with accepting home improvements as a bribe from a contractor and trying to extort $250,000 from that developer.
McMullen says Perez may not have seen the e-mail that indicated North End politician Abraham Giles wanted $100,000 to vacate a parking lot that the developer wanted to buy.
She said the staff tries to keep the mayor's reading to a minimum because of his previously undisclosed dyslexia.
Judge Julia Dewey was expected to rule Friday on a defense motion to split the case into two seperate trials.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Connecticut Mayor says dyslexia caused corruption
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