Federal prosecutors and lawyers for DiMasi, Richard McDonough and Richard Vitale are due to make their final appeals to the jury.
Salvatore DiMasiBOSTON — Closing arguments are set for the corruption trial of former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi and two associates.
Federal prosecutors and lawyers for DiMasi, Richard McDonough and Richard Vitale will make their final appeals to the jury on Friday.
U.S. District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf is then scheduled to give final instructions to the jury on Monday and following those instructions, the panel will begin deliberations on the charges that include conspiracy and honest services fraud.
The three men are accused of scheming to use DiMasi's power as speaker to steer two state contracts worth a combined $17.5 million to the software firm Cognos, in exchange for payments.
A fourth man, former software salesman Joseph Lally, pleaded guilty before the trial and testified against the remaining defendants.