ALBANY, N.Y. — The defense attorney for former state Senate leader Joseph Bruno says the corruption case against the Republican amounts to an indictment in search of an actual crime.

Bruno attorney Abbey David Lowell told a jury Monday in his closing argument that the federal prosecutor hasn’t show that Bruno ever used his powerful political position to help his private consulting business.

Earlier, prosecutor William Pericak argued that Bruno schemed to exploit his political position to get rich.

Outside the federal courtroom in Albany, Bruno called the prosecution’s closing argument a distortion of the facts. Bruno insists he broke no laws.

The jury could get the case Monday evening.