4:43 p.m. The lead attorney for DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis, Craig Gillen, asked for a mistrial after Ellis former assistant testified.

Gillen said Hall prejudiced the jury after invoking her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself 30 times.

Superior Court Judge Courtney Johnson rejected Gillens request.

Court is in recess until 9 a.m. Tuesday.

4:34 p.m. Nina Hall, an assistant to DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis, invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself 30 times during testimony Monday.

Most of those times, Superior Court Judge Courtney Johnson ordered Hall to answer the questions. Hall wasnt required to testify about whether she had accepted money from vendors or perjured herself before a special grand jury.

Hall said Ellis was upset that Joanne Wise, who worked for a technology contractor called Ciber Inc., hadnt returned his phone calls for campaign contributions.

He was angry they had not returned his phone call, that there was no excuse for them not having returned his phone call, Hall told jurors. He indicated he was going to tell their boss they provided poor customer service and they were rude.

3:47 p.m. A former assistant to DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis, Nina Hall, will have to testify but she can assert her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in response to some questions, Superior Court Judge Courtney Johnson ruled.

Johnson said Hall can be asked about a conversation with Ellis that she overheard, and she can be asked to identify Ellis handwriting.

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Assistant to DeKalb CEO Ellis invokes 5th Amendment 30 times