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Star witness testifies at California sheriff’s civil trial

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A former manager for a Silicon Valley security business that worked with Facebook has testified at a sheriff’s civil corruption trial that he and the company’s CEO agreed to provide political donations in exchange for concealed-weapons permits.  The Mercury News reported that Martin Nielsen testified publicly for the first time Monday and detailed how he was tasked with finding a way to get their high-level security agents concealed-carry permits after a 2018 shooting at the YouTube campus. Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith has not been directly implicated in the two criminal indictments that ensnared her undersheriff and a captain. Her term ends in January. But if the jury finds just one count to be true, she would be removed from office early.

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