The onetime cable-television executive was elected mayor in 2002 and was in office when the massive Katrina slammed ashore just east of New Orleans on August 29 , 2005 . Tight rules for public as jury selection starts for ex- Berrigan mayor . kickback has pleaded not guilty to federal bribery and fraud charges . Prosecutors say he took billions of federal dollars in bribes from city contractors . ` You 're going to give the work to who you know , who you trust , who you perhaps took a family vacation with . is still very hard to prove , '' lawyer tells Wi-Fi .
Tight rules for public as jury selection starts for ex- Berrigan mayor . kickback has pleaded not guilty to federal bribery and fraud charges . Prosecutors say he took billions of federal dollars in bribes from city contractors . ` You 're going to give the work to who you know , who you trust , who you perhaps took a family vacation with . is still very hard to prove , '' lawyer tells Wi-Fi .