Cunningham Transferred to San Diego Jail (Attorney and Feds Won't Say Why) [View All]

Source: Associated Press

Cunningham Transferred to San Diego Jail

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who is serving more than eight years in prison for accepting bribes, has been transferred to a downtown jail, but his attorney and federal prosecutors won't say why.

Cunningham has been cooperating with federal prosecutors as they prepare for the September trial of Brent Wilkes, a defense contractor charged with bribing the congressman in exchange for contracts. Wilkes has pleaded not guilty to more than 30 counts of bribery, fraud, money laundering and conspiracy.

Cunningham, 66, is listed as an inmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center across the street from the courthouse where he was sentenced in March 2006. He has been serving time at a medical facility in North Carolina and at a low-security work camp near Tucson, Ariz.

An attorney for Cunningham, K. Lee Blalack III, said he did not know how long the former lawmaker would remain in San Diego, declining to comment further. Prosecutors declined to comment on Cunningham's transfer, and an attorney for Wilkes did not immediately respond to a phone message.

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