A former state health official and a bank loan officer testified at Thomas Wright's trial Tuesday.
Torlen Wade, a former state health official, testified that he wrote a bogus letter on Wright's behalf that prosecutors say was used to secure a loan.
Wade said he only wrote the letter because Wright was a legislator.
"It was a very important project to Representative Wright," Wade told Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby. "He was very, very insistent about it."
Ronnie Burbank, who worked at the Wilmington bank that approved the loan, said he would not have made the loan if he knew the letter was false.
Wright's defense attorneys noted that Wright did not receive anything personally from the loan. (AP)
Wade also testified that it was not the first time he's been asked for a letter for a nonexistent grant. (Hunter's Tavern)
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