The following is a transcript of Neil Levesque’s statement to the court Friday upon the criminal sentencing of (now former) Director of Ports and Harbor Geno Marconi:

As a member of the board of directors of the Pease Development Authority, I have a fiduciary duty to exercise due care and act in the best interests of the authority — not the interests of any one person, not my own interests, but the interests of the authority. I did that, even when it meant calling into question the actions of some powerful and influential people. It has not been easy.

One of those powerful and influential people is the defendant before the court today, Geno Marconi. Because I did my duty, the defendant sought to retaliate against me, including by violating my rights — an act he is pleading guilty to here

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