Week three begins in the federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno. The prosecution is expected to wrap up its case sometime this week. During day 10 on Monday, jurors heard from Bruno's former executive assistant in the state Senate. Our Steve Ference has the details.

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- "This is the third week into this trial," said former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.

And as the week began, jurors got insight into the inner workings of Bruno's Senate majority office, as former executive assistant Patricia Stackrow testified.

"I'm not going to comment on anything that any of the witnesses have to say," said Bruno.

Stackrow told the court that while she was on the Senate payroll, she managed Bruno's personal finances, writing out personal checks and filing tax documents for Bruno's outside work. Prosecutors allege Bruno used his Senate influence to make millions from companies that had business before the Legislature. Some of those businesses paid Bruno through an unregistered name of Business Consultants, Inc., which in those documents handled by Stackrow had an address at one of Bruno's state offices.

Bruno said, "I broke no laws, and I've done nothing wrong."

While Bruno has maintained his innocence all along, Stackrow also testified she did more than manage Bruno's personal finances. She did his shopping for him as well. She told jurors, "I did a lot of his personal shopping...Christmas shopping, gifts for his family, gifts for his wife."

Prosecutors also had her explain how Bruno got paid from those outside businesses through the mail, which is a key to explaining federal jurisdiction in the case.

This, as Bruno tells us he had every right to work part-time outside of his Legislature job. He said if he wasn't allowed to do that, he never would have held the office.

Bruno said, "I ran for the Senate because it was a part-time Legislature. If it was full-time, I never would have run in the first place. And I think I did a lot of good."

But throughout Stackrow's testimony, she was asked if she knew what Bruno was doing for the outside companies. She said no, going to the prosecution's point that Bruno concealed such relationships. Though had she said she knew what he did, it would've showed he was mixing outside work with his legislative work.

Bruno said, "This is a vague, federal law that, don't lose sight of, is going to be reviewed by the Supreme Court in three different instances."

All issues jurors will have to grapple with as the trial continues.