By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
The defense begins its case Monday in the trial of FBI agent Hal Neilson, who is accused of hiding his interest in a building in Oxford, Miss., that housed the FBI office he headed up, and then lying about it.
The prosecution rested its case, using recordings and documents to show his interest in a company that build and leased the building, according to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.
Neilson has claimed that Michael Turner – the Jackson FBI office’s top lawyer until 2008 told him he could buy into the company so long as he was a passive, silent partner.
The paper reported that Turner denied that, but admitted losing focus on details in his waning years with the FBI.
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