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In a tense 2012 meeting at a Howard Beach Italian restaurant,Scott Gomez Jersey, state Senator John Sampson gave an associateSenator John Sampsoncryptic instructions to withhold subpoenaed evidence from investigators but “not lie” if asked about it, according to a secret recording played yesterday at his corruption trial.Sampson, who had allegedly received a US$188,500 loan in 2006 from Queens Realtor,Scott Darling Jersey, Guyanese-born Edul Ahmad to replace embezzled funds, was told by Ahmad that his check register had been subpoenaed and was shown the page recording the Sampson transaction. Ahmad was wearing a wire, according to a Newsday report on the trial last evening.Sampson,Jason Zucker Jersey, suspicious that Ahmad might be setting him up for prosecutors but unsure, tried to hedge his advice — urging Ahmad to remove the transaction from his records in whispers,Morgan Rielly Team North America Jersey, but raising his voice when urging his friend to tell the truth, Ahmad testified.“Don’t say you don’t have it. Just say you don’t know. I don’t want you to lie. Just say you don’t know,” Sampson said during the 45-minute conversation. “I don’t want you to lie. Say, ‘I don’t know. This is all I have. That’s it.’ “Sampson,Thomas Vanek Jersey, 47, a former Democratic leader,Mike Modano Jersey, is accused in Brooklyn federal court with witness tampering, obstruction of justice, recruiting a mole in the prosecutors’ office and lying to the FBI to try to cover up his embezzlement while serving as a court-appointed foreclosure referee.During the meeting Sampson urged Ahmad to remove multiple pages from the check register so no particular check would stand out as missing, and held on to the page recording his loan,David Clarkson Jersey, which he believed was the onlyEdul Ahmadcopy, Ahmad testified.“By saying I don’t have it,Bobby Hull Jersey, am I lying or not?” Ahmad asked at one point. “I don’t know.”“No,” Sampson answered. “You don’t have it.”The two also discussed ways to explain the loan, which was never repaid. But a month later, as the investigation closed in, Ahmad testified,Graham Knott Jersey, a frazzled Sampson visited his office one night, insisted on speaking in the bathroom with the fan on, and made a repayment offer.“He said that he’s got some money and any time I need it I can have it,” Ahmad recalled.Ahmad, who has business holdings in Guyana, is awaiting sentencing in a New York court after pleading guilty to real estate fraud. He has been fined almost US$500,000.The trial is being watched closely by Guyanese and as well as the US Government.The trial continues today.