Two top executives of a New York-based technology services firm charged alongside the highest-ranking U.S. Navy admiral ever to face criminal indictment for bribery are fighting the charges, challenging federal prosecutors’ decision to bring what one of their lawyers called a “politically motivated” military corruption case.
Two New York co-defendants are taking aim at U.S. prosecutors and former vice chief of naval operations Robert P. Burke in a high-stakes government corruption probe.
In their first public statements about the case, lawyers for the company and its charged co-CEOs criticized the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation, suggesting prosecutors were fixated on landing a trophy target.
