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City Hall Officials Found Guilty In Boston Calling Case

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Boston City Hall, November 17, 2015. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Boston City Hall, November 17, 2015. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

We begin with news out of Boston federal court today, where a jury found Boston's tourism chief, Kenneth Brissette, guilty of conspiracy and extortion. The jury also found another City Hall official, Timothy Sullivan, guilty of conspiracy.

Both had been charged under the Hobbs Act with illegally pressuring organizers of the 2014 Boston Calling music festival to hire union labor.

Guests

Jerome Campbell, WBUR reporting fellow. He tweets @JeromeRCampbell.

Nancy Gertner, retired federal judge, senior lecturer at Harvard Law School, WBUR legal analyst. She tweets @ngertner.

This segment aired on August 7, 2019.

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