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By BOB SALSBERG

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Gov. Deval Patrick testified Friday in which former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi pushed your pet to be able to take on some sort of software package post paid that will prosecutors state was section of a new DiMasi kickback scheme.

Patrick testified Friday of which within a breakfast meeting along at the Four Seasons Hotel with two thousand and seven DiMasi told him: "That contract is important for you to me."

Patrick stated DiMasi has been discussing a efficiency management program 2 year contract with regard to the provider Cognos, nonetheless by no means talked about Cognos by means of name. DiMasi as well as two co-defendants are confronting federal corruption charges.

Patrick also testified this after The Boston Globe reported with 2008 that this state Inspector General's office had been analyzing the Cognos contract, a great resentful DiMasi confronted your ex boyfriend along with arrested this governor's personnel associated with dripping the story to the newspaper.

"He was furious as well as nauseous around the posting and he assumed our staff members had leaked tips for the Globe about the inspector general's review," Patrick explained in court.

Prosecutors assert that will DiMasi plus co-defendants Richard McDonough plus Richard Vitale schemed to make use of DiMasi's clout as loudspeaker to steer a pair of express contracts in order to Cognos as a swap regarding kickbacks.

Earlier Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Wolf waived your defense activity to help hand techinque testimony by the an old top Patrick official.

Defense law firm referred to as Secretary associated with Administration as well as Finance Leslie Kirwan's testimony "extremely prejudicial."

Kirwan testified Thursday that the girl couldn't have signed a legal contract along with Cognos whenever she'd known DiMasi acquired cash that business paid in order to his or her law link or perhaps in which DiMasi's friend and co-defendant, Richard Vitale, were being paid $500,000.

On Friday, prosecutors mentioned an e-mail Kirwan acquired delivered to a different management endorsed in August two thousand and seven right after the lady authorized down for the contract. The $13 million 2 year contract seemed to be the other with two condition deals Cognos won throughout 2006 and 2007.

"Everyone is happy. Hope this significant chap down your arena is actually too," Kirwan wrote.

Kirwan testified the fact that "big guy" known DiMasi.