Defense: Crimes Were Committed, But Not By Defendants
By George Anastasia
For BigTrial.net
A lawyer for Congressman Chaka Fattah Sr. conceded that the government had uncovered evidence of fraud, theft and corruption in the racketeering case that opened today against the 11-term congressman and four co-defendants.
But those crimes, attorney Mark Lee told a federal jury, had been committed by the government's t…