Opening arguments in the corruption trial of former NYPD Deputy Inspector James Grant and Brooklyn businessman Jeremy Reichberg Nov. 6 focused on Federal prosecutors’ detailing of lavish vacations and tawdry entertainment that Mr. Reichberg arranged in return for special treatment provided by the ex-commander that included protection against summonses and arrests for himself and his friends.
Lawyers for the two men countered that the reciprocal aid was a noncriminal product of a rapport between their clients, who the lead attorney for Mr. Grant, John Meringolo, said were being prosecuted because the U.S. Attorney’s Office deemed it unbelievable that such a friendship could blossom between “an Irish-Catholic guy from Coney Island and a Jewish guy from Borough Park.”
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