1. Gaining momentum like an avalanche, charges of Olympic bribery brought down two top Salt Lake City officials Friday and continued to undermine the Games. 2. Hodler is the IOC member who blew the whistle on the Olympic bribery scandal last winter, alleging that bid groups routinely offered bribes in exchange for votes. 3. In addition, the Utah attorney general has launched her own probe into the Olympic bribery scandal. 4. In the wake of the Salt Lake City Olympic bribery scandal, lawmakers raised questions about whether other bidding cities also used improper inducements to secure the Games. 5. A federal magistrate ordered prosecutors to justify their plan to introduce secondhand statements from unindicted co-conspirators in the Olympic bribery trial. 6. A judge Monday bluntly questioned why federal prosecutors are making a federal case out of the Olympic bribery scandal. 7. A marketing agent who has been linked to the Olympic bribery scandal denied any wrongdoing Thursday and offered to collaborate with IOC investigators to clear his name. 8. A senior U.S. Justice Department official has been disqualified from supervising the Olympic bribery case because of a conflict of interest. 9. A pair of Hollywood screenwriters will arrive in Salt Lake City next week to lay the groundwork for a possible movie about the Olympic bribery scandal. 10. An avowed optimist, Michael Knight wants the Olympic bribery scandal to just go away. |