NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Prosecutors in the federal corruption trial of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin presented the jury on Tuesday with testimony and email evidence that Nagin pressured a national retail giant to do business with his family.

Ken Knutson, a lobbyist with The Home Depot, described Nagin, as well as community groups making demands on the retailer, as “shakedown artists” in testimony that centered on contracts the retailer granted to the ex-mayor’s granite business.