Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker has resigned last week after he was convicted of perjury for lying about leaking a civil grand jury report to a San Francisco 49ers executive.

After a month-long trial Becker, 39, was found guilty by a jury on Thursday of falsely denying to the Santa Clara Civil Grand Jury that he leaked its report concluding there was an unethical relationship between several council members, including Becker, and the San Francisco 49ers. 

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