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Jury convicts former DEA agent of obstruction but fails to reach verdict on Buffalo bribery charges

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A federal jury has convicted a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent of obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents

A federal jury on Friday convicted a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent of obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents. But jurors acquitted Joseph Bongiovanni of a charge that he improperly wiped his DEA cellphone and failed to reach a verdict on a dozen other charges, including allegations the longtime agent pocketed $250,000 in bribes from the Buffalo Mafia.

At one point, they said, he admonished a DEA colleague to spend less time investigating Italians and more time on Blacks and Hispanics, allegedly using racial slurs for both groups. “He chose loyalty to criminal friends over duty,” Tripi told jurors in his closing argument. “He enabled serious crimes and serious criminals to thrive under his watchful eye of protection.' The DEA did not respond to requests for comment on the verdict. Bongiovanni did not take the stand in his own defense.

 

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