Deputy mayor testifies about soda tax and relationship with John Dougherty at union leader’s bribery trial
Jurors heard from Richard Lazer, Mayor Jim Kenney’s deputy mayor for labor and the highest-ranking government official to take the stand thus far in the trial.
John Dougherty at a press event outside the Local 98 headquarters on Monday.
The federal corruption trial of John Dougherty, a labor leader known widely as “Johnny Doc,” and City Councilmember Bobby Henon continues Thursday, the trial’s seventh day.
Prosecutors contend that Dougherty essentially bought himself a councilmember by continuing to pay Henon for a Local 98 job after his election, and in exchange, Henon allowed Dougherty to control his vote. Dougherty and Henon have denied the charges, which include conspiracy and honest services fraud.
Learn more about the case and the Philly political players and groups likely to come up during the trial, or catch up with day-by-day recaps of what’s happened so far.