???ZSHOS: NATSOT OUTSIDE COURT, HUNDREDS OF NEWSMEN AND PHOTOS MOB MANDEL (A SHORT MAN WHO CAN BE SEEN, BARELY, ROME TIME TO TIME), SHOTS MANDEL AND WIFE TRYING TO MAKE WAY THRU CROWD, THEN OBSCURED AS THEY ENTER CAR, AT 37 SECS MANDEL AT PRESSER SAYING HE IS DISAPPOINTED.. TOO MILD A WORD...SHOCKED AT RESULT, THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY ON FIGHT IN HIGHER COURTS. HE CANT RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS FUTURE. THEN HE COMMENTS ON HIS OFFICIAL POSITION. THAT HE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH STATE OFFICIALS, THE LIEUTENANT GOV AND OTHERS AT HE HAS BEEN DOING IN THE TRANSITION PROCESS (VACATION FROM THE OFFICE)




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Background: MARYLAND STATE GOVERNMENT MANDEL WAS FOUND GUILTY ON 17 COUNTS OF FRAUD AND OTHER CHARGES DEALING WITH OFFICIAL MALFEASANCE BY BALTIMORE COURT.