HUNDREDS OF CORRUPTION AND THAT
CHARGES.
MATT BARCARO IS LIVE WITH THE
TOP STORY.
MATT: WE ARE TURNING TO HEAR
SOME OF THE EVIDENCE OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE SAYS
IT HAS GATHERED IN THIS CASE AND
WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT
ARTIFACTS THAT STEPHEN REED
BOUGHT BUT NEVER MADE THEIR WAY
INTO A MUSEUM.
AS HE MADE HIS WAY INTO THE
COURTHOUSE THIS MORNING, HE TOLD
US HE IS FEELING "NUMB."
HE TOOK PLENTY OF NOTES DURING
THE PROCEEDINGS BUT DID NOT
APPEAR TO BE SAYING MUCH TO HIS
ATTORNEYS.
A SPECIAL AGENT THAT TESTIFIED
THAT THOUSANDS OF ARTIFACTS THEY
FOUND IN HIS HOME AND OFFICE
BUILDING THAT HE WAS RENTING.
THE AGENT DESCRIBED HIM AS A
QUARTER ON STEROIDS -- AS A
QUARTER -- AS A HOARDER ON
STEROIDS.
HIS DEFENSE TEAM SAYS HE HAS
DONE NOTHING WRONG.
WE ARE HERE TODAY
AND STEVE
IS INNOCENT OF ALL CHARGES.
ED: HE IS FACING ALMOST 500 THAT
AN CORRUPTION CHARGES.
IN A SEPARATE LEGAL PROCEEDING,
HIS DEFENSE TEAM IS TRYING TO
