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Kosta Diamantis, a former state deputy budget director, is accused of demanding bribes from construction firms in exchange for state contracts.

Well-know defense attorney Norm Pattis is representing him.

On day 2 of the tria l, two contractors who said they paid him kickbacks in exchange for his help getting contracts testified.

Pattis will begin his cross examination on Wednesday of Antonietta Roy, owner of Construction Advocacy Professionals, a company that started in 2017 as a firm that specializes as a project manager.

Konstantinos "Kosta" Diamantis, a former state representative and lawyer, is on trial in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport more than a year after his arrest for what federal prosecutors say was his solicitation of bribes from companies in exchange for

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