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Judge in Loughlin Case: 'Disturbing' Defense Allegations

2020-04-18 9 Dailymotion

'Full House' actress Lori Loughlin and other parents involved in the college admissions bribery scandal have been trying to get charges against them dropped.<br />According to Newser, they're claiming misconduct by FBI investigators.<br />Now, a federal judge has called the allegations 'serious and disturbing,' and wants more information from the prosecution.<br />Defense attorneys say that Loughlin and 13 other parents believed they were making legitimate donations to college programs, rather than bribing college officials.<br />Mastermind William 'Rick' Singer became a government informant and cooperating witness.<br />He took notes on his iPhone after speaking with FBI investigators in October 2018.<br />Singer claimed FBI agents wanted him to get his clients to say that they knew they were trying to make bribes, which Singer says he never told them.<br />Prosecutors admit they made a "mistake" not turning over the notes but still contend crimes were committed.<br />Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli are due at trial in October for fraud, bribery, and money laundering.

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