Talk:William Trickett Smith
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This information is false. William T. Smith (in the documentary "Honest Man: The life of R. Budd Dwyer" or elsewhere) has never recanted his testimony that he gave against Dwyer at Dwyer's trial. Smith has maintained that he offered a bribe to Dwyer and that Dwyer agreed to accept the bribe. Smith admitted- as he did at Dwyer's trial- that he had lied at his own trial when he denied that he offered Dwyer a bribe. Smith did say that he regretted ever offering Dwyer a bribe, and regretted his decision to testify against him, because he now feels responsible for his death. In the documentary "Honest Man: The Life of R. Budd Dwyer" Smith stated: "I testified that I didn't offer him (Dwyer) the bribe, but in fact I did". Again, Smith stated "[if I offered Dwyer a $300000 contribution to his campaign] I felt surely he'd throw me out of the (Dwyer's) office...I went into Budd's office at about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and I said 'Budd, I don't know how to tell you this but my client wants to make a $300000 contribution to you if he gets his contract'...and I said 'I'm sure you don't want to do this'...and Dwyer responded 'I don't know, why wouldn't I?, it sounds pretty good to me'. I was shocked when he said that".114.76.31.202 (talk) 05:26, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
William Trickett Smith false information[edit]
The information regarding Smith testimony at Smith's trial and at Dwyer's trial. There were two trials- one was Smith's own trial, and the second was Dwyer's trial. Smith's trial preceded Dwyer's. I'll reproduce the statements on the page demonstrating how they are false.
1.) "Smith's testimony in the Pennsylvania CTA scandal federal trial was largely used to obtain the conviction of Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer in the case".
This is correct. This concerns Smith's testimony at Dwyer's trial.
2.) "Smith later admitted in an interview shown in Honest Man: The Life of R. Budd Dwyer that he had lied under oath about Dwyer taking a bribe in order to receive a reduced sentence".
This is absolutely false. In the documentary Smith states that he lied in HIS OWN trial when he asserted that he did not offer Dwyer a bribe. In the documentary, he says that he DID in fact offer Dwyer a bribe, and testified to offering Dwyer a bribe at Dwyer's trial. In the documentary, Smith reiterates- not recants- the testimony he gave in Dwyer's trial- that he did in fact offer Dwyer a bribe. Smith has never stated that he "lied under oath about Dwyer taking a bribe in order to receive a reduced sentence", although he does state, in the documentary, that he regrets offering Dwyer the bribe: "To the day I die, I'll regret that I did it". See EightyFourFilms, Honest Man: The Life of R.Budd Dwyer (Directors Cut). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stanzsd (talk • contribs) 02:13, 23 December 2017 (UTC)