Recent Bribery Case News:
Solicitor General Approves Appeal of Dismissed Charges
Solicitor General Theodore Olson has given his approval for federal prosecutors to appeal the dismissal of racketeering charges against Salt Lake City's Olympic bid leaders.
Judge Explains Why Charges Were Dismissed
The judge in Salt Lake's Olympic bid case is explaining why he dismissed 4 of the 15 counts against bid leaders Tom Welch and Dave Johnson.
Prosecutors Will Appeal Dismissed Charges
It's looking more and more likely that a trial in the Olympic bid scandal case won't happen until after the Olympics, if at all.
Monday, federal prosecutors filed a notice of appeal, leaving the door open to an appeals process that would take months to play out.
Scandal May Be Unresolved At Game Time
It's looking more and more likely there will be a disturbing distraction to next year's 2002 Winter Games. As athletes compete and the world watches, it's quite possible--if not probable--the court case in the Olympic bribery scandal still will not be resolved.
Judge Dismisses Four Charges In Bribery Case
A momentous decision in Utah's Olympic bribery case. A federal judge dismisses four key charges against Tom Welch and Dave Johnson.
For months it appeared a messy Olympic trial was imminent. Now it's looking more likely that there won't be a trial at all.
Judge Asks Federal Prosecutors To Justify Using State Law
A federal judge asks
prosecutors to justify their legal
theory in the Olympic bribery
case. The defendants want the judge to dismiss four of the 15
charges against them.
Trial May Start Later & Last Longer Than Expected
It appears more and more likely that the trial in the Olympic bribery case will start later and last longer than previously projected.
And now, ongoing battles over legal technicalities make another delay in the trial possible.
Welch Demands Apology From Governor
The Olympic bribery scandal
heats up again before the trial,
as defendant Tom Welch fires
a blast at Governor Leavitt,
and demands an apology.
Trial Will Begin This Summer
What could be Utah's most
watched trial-- so far,
anyway-- will start this
summer. That's the word from federal court today
regarding the potentially-explosive Olympic bribery
scandal case.
New Documents Cast Doubt on Original Investigation
Newly-released documents
cast new doubts on the
original investigation into the Salt Lake Olympic
bribery scandal. Specifically, they raise new questions
about who knew what, when.
A.G.'s Report Shows Trouble With Bid Long Before Scandal Broke
The Attorney General's office releases part of its file on the Olympic scandal. It shows serious signs of trouble with Salt Lake's Olympic bid were apparent nearly a full decade before the scandal finally broke.
Welch & Johnson Go To Court, Claim Coverup
Tom Welch and Dave Johnson were back in court trying to get the charges against them in the
Olympic scandal dropped.
But outside the court the pair let loose their
feelings about the case.
Johnson Claims SLOC Was Swindled Into Payments
Former Olympic bid
executive Dave Johnson
claims the bid committee was swindled into paying
$1,000 a month to an imaginary daughter of an IOC
delegate, who actually kept the cash for himself.
Prosecutors Urge Court Not To Dismiss Case
Justice Department prosecutors argue Tom Welch and Dave Johnson worked to "buy" the votes of members of the International Olympic Committee, and they say they can prove the pair broke the law in doing that. That's according to the latest court papers filed by federal prosecutors.
New Notes Surface in Investigation
Files at the Salt Lake Organizing Committee yielded more evidence of efforts Olympic bid executives made to influence International Olympic Committee members to award Salt Lake the 2002 Winter Games.
Spitz Blames IOC For Scandal, Drug Problems
For all their glory, the five Olympic rings are being burned by a tangled trio of trouble: drugs, money and corruption.
That's the assessment of one of the greatest Olympic athletes ever -- Mark Spitz -- who recently visited Utah.
SLOC Warns IOC of Potentially Embarrassing Documents
