Philly Superintendent William Hite testifies on a whirlwind day at Kenyatta Johnson’s bribery trial

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Daily News | Philly Superintendent William Hite testifies on a whirlwind day at Kenyatta Johnson’s bribery trial

Hite jauntily strode into the courtroom and, under questioning from Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Gibson, told jurors his contact with Chavous centered primarily around her inviting him to Laborer’s District Council meetings — and not the charter school operator she was working for.“I was surprised,” he said. “I didn’t know that.”

Over several trial days this week, Chavous’ attorney, Barry Gross, has sought to convince the jury Chavous was a “workaholic” when it came to Universal and has presented dozens of emails she sent and received during her time under contract in which she discussed campus tours she set up, initiatives she was working on and meetings she had organized and participated in with prominent officials.

“Private funding involves relationships, does it not?” he asked Nixon. “And it would be good for Universal to have good relationships with private funders. So, it would make perfect sense for Universal to retain someone to have relationships with private funders.” But when asked why Universal had ended its contract with her in late 2014, Islam said that after 14 months she hadn’t raised any money and he felt he could do a better job himself.

Both Islam and Dawan are now codefendants in Johnson and Chavous’ case — charged with setting up Chavous’ contract as a bribe to influence Johnson.

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