SALT LAKE CITY -- The Justice Department wrapped up its case Thursday in the bribery trial of two men accused of plying International Olympic Committee delegates with $1 million in cash, gifts and favors to win Salt Lake City's bid to host the 2002 Winter Games.

Tom Welch, who led the Olympic bid effort, and his deputy Dave Johnson were charged in a 15-count federal indictment with bribery racketeering, fraud and conspiracy. They could face up to 75 years in prison if convicted, though a court spokeswoman has said any sentences probably would be much shorter.

U.S. District Court Judge David Sam excused jurors after the prosecution rested and heard arguments on a defense motion to dismiss the case for lack of proof. He said he would rule on the motion Friday.

Throughout the trial, Sam -- who tossed out the original charges against the bid leaders before they were reinstated by an appeals court -- repeatedly has ruled against prosecutors on evidence and frequently shut down their lines of questioning.

On Thursday, he cautioned the jury that an FBI agent's testimony about the perks to IOC delegates was "not to be considered as new evidence in this case." However, he allowed the agent's charts summarizing those perks over objections from defense lawyers.

FBI agent Paul Bingham, the final prosecution witness to take the stand, went over charts outlining payments and perks doled out to 15 of the IOC delegates and relatives including trips to Disneyland, stopovers at Paris hotels, tuition at U.S. schools and car repairs.

Most of the payments were booked to a bid campaign "assistance program" meant for impoverished athletes in developing countries, Bingham testified. Others were booked to an "outbound" travel account meant for bid staffers' airfare.

Johnson lawyer Max Wheeler challenged Bingham on whether he considered payments for IOC members' travel or employment stints for their relatives to be bribes. In almost every case, Bingham asserted the payments, because they were made without any documentation showing a purpose, were bribes.

The Justice Department attorneys, who have fought rulings from the judge and some of their own witnesses who disputed the bribery allegations, cut short their case after calling only 14 of their 43 declared witnesses. Trial attorneys Richard Wiedis and John Scott have refused to comment since testimony began Oct. 31.

Defense lawyers also shortened their witness list and believe they won't have to put on much of a rebuttal -- if they put on a defense at all.

Welch lawyer Bill Taylor said Wednesday the government failed to prove its felony indictment charging bribery racketeering, fraud and conspiracy.

"That means they have to prove the defendants knew they were doing something bad -- and they have not proved that," he said.

Welch and Johnson have insisted they committed no crime, and both refused to accept government plea offers before and after their July 2000 indictment.

The defense has used prosecution witnesses to argue the gift-giving among Olympic bid cities was so commonplace that Salt Lake City had to match the best of them.

Dick Pound, a longtime IOC member who led his organization's inquiry into the Salt Lake bid scandal, said outside the courthouse Wednesday, "No, I don't think they were bribes."

"They were payments, I think, to encourage good feelings about Salt Lake. You can second-guess them now," Pound said, but "clearly your prosecutors don't have enough information to tie the knot securely."

Under defense questioning Wednesday, Pound acknowledged the IOC had trouble enforcing its gift and travel rules and was aware of rumors of widespread violations, though Pound insisted it never had sufficient proof of any misdeeds until the Salt Lake City bid scandal broke in late 1988. The IOC kicked out seven delegates, and three others resigned over the scandal.