Becker was indicted in April for allegedly leaking a confidential report and lying about it.
The criminal trial for Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker, who was indicted on felony and misdemeanor charges involving a civil grand jury report, will not be set until next month.in April on two charges — a misdemeanor charge for leaking a confidential civil grand jury report to the San Francisco 49ers that criticized several members of the Santa Clara City Council’s cozy relationship with the team and a felony perjury charge for lying about it.
Becker’s trial setting hearing is now scheduled for Sept. 13 at 1:35 p.m. Continuing a trial setting hearing to a later date is a common practice in the court.Throughout the process, Becker has maintained his innocence,. At the time, Montoya told reporters that in his experience, “first-time impressions of a case are often wrong or incomplete.”
The report was set to become public on Oct. 10, but a draft of the document appeared in several media outlets, including this one, on Oct. 7., which became public in May, Councilmember Suds Jain at a March 29 hearing said Becker called him two to three weeks prior and admitted he leaked the grand jury report to Silicon Valley Voice editor Carolyn Schuk.
Former 49ers spokesperson Rahul Chandhok, who was also interviewed by the grand jury investigating claims against Becker, said the councilmember sent him a copy of the report on Oct. 6 via the encrypted messaging app, Signal.
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