FILE - Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. A veteran U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent is on trial in Buffalo, N.Y., on charges he took $250,000 in bribes from the Mafia to derail investigations and keep his childhood friends out of prison. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
FILE - This June 13, 2016, file photo shows Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Florida. The veteran U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent is on trial in Buffalo, N.Y., on charges he took $250,000 in bribes from the Mafia to derail investigations and keep his childhood friends out of prison. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)
Former DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni arrives at the Robert H. Jackson U.S. Court House for a hearing for an upcoming trial on drug and bribery charges, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The veteran U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent is on trial in Buffalo, N.Y., on charges he took $250,000 in bribes from the Mafia to derail investigations and keep his childhood friends out of prison. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)
Former DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni arrives at the Robert H. Jackson U.S. Court House for a hearing for an upcoming trial on drug and bribery charges with his attorneys, Parker R. MacKay, left, and Robert Singer, right, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The veteran U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent is on trial in Buffalo, N.Y., on charges he took $250,000 in bribes from the Mafia to derail investigations and keep his childhood friends out of prison. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)