Other testimony from current and former members of Smith’s staff added to the narrative that CCW licenses were largely steered by Smith and her inner circle, who used the permits to curry favor among influential figures like athletes and business honchos, while leaving ordinary residents in perpetual limbo and flouting statutory deadlines to respond to them. Fineman is presiding and the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office is prosecuting because of various conflicts declared by the local court and Santa Clara County. Malachowsky’s testimony was shielded from criminal prosecution under a grant of immunity from San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Nancy Fineman, who is presiding over Smith’s trial. She added that the violent threat she faces from a former spouse “continues today.” During that same period, Malachowsky testified, he never used his CCW permit, and let it lapse because he “didn’t like the responsibility of it.” One of those attorneys said she applied for the third time last year, only to be stonewalled again. They described getting the runaround from the agency, being sent a form response citing the excuse of a huge application backlog, or getting no response despite multiple attempts at follow-up. Meanwhile, two criminal-defense attorneys with no real ties to or known support of Smith, and who reported serious and violent threats made to their lives, testified about applying for the gun permits in the past decade. One corporate titan who took the stand this past week readily admitted that he had no pressing safety need for a hard-to-get concealed-carry weapons license from the county, explaining only that “it seemed like a cool thing to have.”Ĭhris Malachowsky, founder of chipmaker Nvidia, testified Monday that when he filled out an application in 2014, he left blank the “good cause” section articulating his need for a CCW permit, which at the time was required by the county and was an essential field used to evaluate who received a license. Malachowsky, who is a strong Smith supporter and donor, got a permit anyway. SAN JOSE - The first dedicated week of testimony in the civil corruption trial of Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith methodically laid out prosecutors’ contention that Smith and her close advisers issued concealed-gun permits unevenly with an eye toward stature and celebrity.
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