FOUR WITNESSES TAKE THE STAND TUESDAY IN THE PRE-TRIAL HEARING FOR FORMER STATE SENATOR PHIL GRIEGO. HE’S ACCUSED OF MAKING A PROFIT ON A REAL ESTATE DEAL THAT INVOLVED STATE-OWNED PROPERTY IN DOWNTOWN SANTA FE. THOSE WHO TOOK THE STAND … HIS COLLEAGUES … SAID THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT HIS REAL ESTATE DEALINGS IN THE STATE OWNED PROPERTY CASE. DOZENS MORE ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE THE STAND BEFORE THE JUDGE IN ALBUQUERQUE DECIDES WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CASE AGAINST GRIEGO.
THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS IT’LL PRESENT EVIDENCE THAT GRIEGO USED HIS LEGISLATIVE INFLUENCE TO MAKE MONEY OFF THAT SALE. THE DEFENSE SAYS PROSECUTORS ARE “OVER REACHING.”
GRIEGO HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FRAUD, BRIBERY, AND TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC RECORDS.
