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Can a paycheck be a bribe? Johnny Doc’s lawyers say no, push to dismiss case involving Council member Henon.

In their first courtroom attack on the high-profile corruption case, lawyers for John J. Dougherty pushed back against prosecution claims that the salary that the labor leader's union paid Philadelphia City Councilman Bobby Henon was intended as a bribe.

John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty, head of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98, speaks to reporters as he departs the federal courthouse on Feb. 1, 2019, in Philadelphia. He has pleaded not guilty in a bribery and embezzlement case that reaches City Hall.
John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty, head of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98, speaks to reporters as he departs the federal courthouse on Feb. 1, 2019, in Philadelphia. He has pleaded not guilty in a bribery and embezzlement case that reaches City Hall.Read moreDavid Swanson / File Photograph
    by Jeremy Roebuck
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