The order stems from an appeal filed by one of several defendants accused of conspiring to exchange bribes for concealed gun permits

Attorneys for local insurance broker Harpreet Chadha and Apple security chief Thomas Moyer call the pay-to-play allegations baseless.

The charges name Apple’s Thomas Moyer, insurance broker Harpreet Chadha, Undersheriff Rick Sung and Capt. James Jensen. 

An additional indictment was handed down for Capt. James Jensen, who was among several defendants already charged in the case.  

Capt. James Jensen, attorneys Harpaul Nahal and Christopher Schumb and gun dealer Michael Nichols go to trial on Nov. 2.

In Santa Clara County, it seems the vast majority of applicants for the permits, known as CCWs, never got past the first step.

Laurie Smith and Rick Sung spent the the whole of their testimony in a CCW bribery case invoking their right against self-incrimination.

Kansen Chu garnered more than a third of the total vote count, a haul of 13,135 ballots, while Otto Lee hung back at 28 percent.

Former jail captain Amy Le says the Sheriff’s Office used a gazebo project she oversaw at Elmwood as a pretext for her dismissal. 

Sources confirmed that DA investigators descended upon the Younger Avenue office on Thursday and took Sung’s computer and other items.

Auditors say the Sheriff’s Office refused to cooperate with reviews that unearthed unsettling findings about internal accountability. 

Santa Clara County’s six-term sheriff and her closest allies are the subject of an ongoing criminal inquiry led by the office of DA Jeff Rosen.

Sheriff Smith making herself inaccessible to reporters comes amid criticism that she’s also disengaged from constituents.