49ers report leak: Lawyers for indicted Santa Clara Councilmember Anthony Becker are building a case that others leaked the confidential report

With Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker set to go to trial next week on criminal charges of leaking a confidential civil grand jury report and lying about it, his defense team is pointing the finger squarely at one of his biggest political adversaries as the real culprit: Mayor Lisa Gillmor.

Becker’s legal strategy is laid bare in hundreds of pages of court documents reviewed by this news organization, with his attorneys arguing that he’s being selectively prosecuted.

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