The federal corruption trial of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and two others has been pushed back to Feb. 21, 2017 – nearly six years after the investigation became public when FBI agents searched his home and office.
The trial had been set for Sept. 6.
In a 109-page, 13-count indictment, Price was accused in July 2014 of leading a $1 million bribery scheme in which he used his position to enrich himself by selling his votes and influence in exchange for county contracts.
Price's top aide Dapheny Fain and political consultant Kathy Nealey also were charged in the case. They have all denied wrongdoing.
The delay, approved by U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn, was requested by defense attorneys and prosecutors did not oppose it.
Defense attorneys have had problems searching the huge amount of evidence, the judge said.
“This case is a complex case in which Defendants are charged in multiple counts describing bribery and tax conspiracies spanning more than a decade,” the judge wrote in the order granting the delay. “This case also involves a staggering volume of discovery.”
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The evidence includes approximately 7.5 terabytes of data with more than 5.7 million files, Lynn said.
The FBI raided Price’s home and office in June 2011.
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