they blame ehrlich's campaign manager and rhonda russell's boss. but on the stand russell told jurors the robo calls were supposed to be reverse psychology. >> hey, my vote is going for ehrlich. >> reporter: said it was her call the calls went to registered democrats and not republicans saying she used lists she already had available. >> i used lists from previous clients because i was being lazy. it wasn't out of anyone asking. it was my decision to use the list. >> reporter: the state prosecutor has now rested. the defense begins their case on thursday. they had a long list of witnesses. among those they are expecting to call to testify, former governor ehrlich. >>> campaign consultant julia is scheduled to go on trial february 6th. >>> a car goes out of control and flips into a yard. apparently the driver left the road and crashed through a fence before narrowly missing hitting that house. that driver walked away. >>> gary giordano is back in the u.s., but after 4 months in a jail, he was released for lack of evidence. >> reporter: gary giordano

rhonda russell is a key witness in the case against paul schurick. she is the voice on the election-day robocalls that prosecutors say were intended to keep voters in baltimore city and prince george's county at home. but russell denies the calls were an attempt at voter suppression. rather, she says, they were reverse psychology. >> the call was literally meant to stimulate voters that would not have been in support of o'malley or the democratic administration. this would stimulate the voters to say, "hey, my vote was going for ehrlich. he is down and out. i'm going to go out and vote for ehrlich after i heard this call." >> russell worked for political consultant julius henson, who had been hired by the ehrlich campaign. henson, she says, wrote the text of the call, but she's the one who picked the list of voters to call, and simply didn't take the time to include republicans and independents. >> i used lists from previous clients because i was being lazy. it was not out of anyone's asking or anyone being duplicitous. it was my decision to use the

rhonda russell is a key witness in the case. she is the voice on the robocall step prosecutors say were intended to keep voters at home. but she denies the calls were an attempt at voter suppression. she says their work reverse psychology. >> the call was literally meant to stimulate voters that would not have been in support of o'malley or the democratic administration. this would stimulate the voters to say, "hey, my vote was going for ehrlich. he is down and out. i'm going to go out and vote for ehrlich after i heard this call." >> she worked for julius henson, who had been hired by the ehrlich campaign. henson wrote the text of the call. she did not take the time to include republicans and independents. >> i was being lazy. it was not out of anyone's asking. it was my decision to use the list. >> prosecutors showed a note. it said suppress turnout in the black community, 100,000 votes. she was given immunity to testify. the defense will begin their case today. bob ehrlich could be called as a character witness for sure. kim

the investigative reporter jane miller has more on a key witness. ] >>rhonda russell is a key witness who recorded the robocall. she denies the cause is an attempt at voters as russia -- suppression. >> i would call it counter intuitive. >> or she says, reverse psychology. >> the call was meant to stimulate voters that would not have been in support of o'malley. or the democratic administration -- these would stimulate voters to say, hey, my vote was going to ehrich, i will go out and vote after i heard this call. >> henson she says rep the text of the call, but she is the one who picked the list of voters to call. she simply did not take the time to include republicans and independents. >> i used a list from previous clients because i was lazy. it was not about anyone asking or anyone being persisted. it was my decision to use the list. >> also was given immunity to testify. it read -- suppress turnout in the black community, 100,000 books. >> baltimore city had denied occupied protester request for a permit to remain in the square. parks and recreation director denied the request sa

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