Charges against Sen. Currie still stand
A federal judge on Friday denied a motion by Maryland Sen. Ulysses Currie (D-Prince George's) to dismiss eight of 10 charges pending against him in an alleged bribery and extortion scheme.
Currie, the former chairman of the powerful Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, is alleged to have used an undisclosed consulting arrangement with Shoppers Food Warehouse and Pharmacy to benefit the chain over a period of more than five years.
Lawyers for Currie had asked U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett to dismiss the charges, arguing that they were "constitutionally vague" or otherwise flawed. In a 17-page opinion, Bennett rejected some arguments put forward by Currie's lawyers and said others were matters of fact, not law, to be decided at trial.
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