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LY 12: been cumulative. Weinberg admitted that he had been a criminal most of his life, that he made his Living by being a con man, that he had lied and cheated and violated the law from his early teenage years, that he was.a convicted i felon, that he had made a deal with the government to cooper- ate in return for probation on his felony conviction in Pittsburgh, and that he had received substantial compensation | for his cooperation in the Abscam investigation and trials. If Weinberg's credibility had been a significant part of the case, undoubtedly all defendants: would have been acquit- ted. As the trials developed, however, the government offered Weinberg's testimony only to lay a foundation for the introduction of audiotape recordings. Since the basic pattern of events was not in dispute, even the audiotapes only provided a background for the important evidence in the case: the videotapes with respect -to Myers and Erri- chetti, and the testimony of Ellis Cook and other non-govern- ment witnesses to tie in Criden and Johanson. The Myers motions are therefore denied. B. Murphy's Motions. i Defendant Murphy also incorporates all of. his arguments in the due process memoranda as well as all of the arguments advanced by defendant Thompson. In addi- tion, defendant Murphy argues (1) that on this record as } ~ - toe N woman secretin pete art ett et LO nt A LLC ANNE PRA CATTCENLAC TREC A CRATE TO EATON ON CECE I A RT AS we . * e . ve 1 . we anges +t nym ammeremermanennitin “remt mre tn tt - ,