they blame urlich's campaign manager paul shirk and ronda russell's boss, julia henson but on the stand russell told jurors the robo calls were meant to be reverse psychology. >> this would stimulate the voters to say hey my vote is going for urlich, he is down- and-out, i am going to vote for him after i heard this call. >> reporter: she said it was her fault it went to democrats and not republicans, saying she used lists she already had available rather than generating new lists. >> i used lists from previous clients because i was being lazy. it wasn't w out of anyone asking or anyone being duplicitous. it was my decision to use the list. >> reporter: the prosecutor has rested. the defense begins their case on thursday. they have a long list of witnesses, among those expected to testify former governor bob urlich and congressman elijah cummins. >> julius henson will not be called to testify in this trial because he is facing his own in february. >>> three men are charged with robberies. they carjacked two people and robbed a dozen others. one person was shot in the leg and eye. they w

ronda russell says she was told by her boss, julia henson to record the election night robo call that suggested democrats had already won the election before the polls closed and there was no need to go vote. >> relax, everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch on tv tonight. >> reporter: she testified it was henson who told her not to record the required line saying who paid for it a call that was intended to be counter intuitive. >> it would sometime late the voters to say hey my vote was going to urlich, he is down-and- out, i am going to go out and vote for him after i heard this call, so that is the motivation of counter intuitively. she said it was her fault. he took the stand and said she was a straight shooter. live from downtown derek valcourt. >> we will have more at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >>> grate concern >>> great concern for the man still in prison there. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. cuba allowed the general secretary of the national council of churches of christ to meet with gross yesterday. gross is serving a 15 year sentence in cuba for smuggling illegal

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