And unlike often financially strapped state prosecutors, the U.S. Attorney's office and the FBI won't be outspent, he said. As with his not guilty plea to the federal charges on Tuesday, he has pleaded not guilty to those charges as well. Perhaps the biggest difference between the case in 2008 and now is the girl at the center of the charges. She didn't testify then, perhaps as Assistant U.S. Attorney Angel Krull suggested to U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber, because Kelly paid her off. Mariotti said he suspects that when prosecutors charged the two they did so thinking they might cooperate in exchange for reduced or dismissed charges.

Source: ABC News July 17, 2019 19:40 UTC