A former Queens city councilman took the stand at his own corruption trial Thursday, and tried to play the sympathy card.
Dan Halloran, who is accused of taking bribe money to help get a fellow Queens pol on the Republican mayoral ballot, had a benign tumor removed from his brain two years ago, and tried to tell jurors about it every chance he got.
But prosecutors protested twice, and their objections were upheld by the federal judge assigned to the case in White Plains.
Halloran, a Republican, recalled his run for a congressional seat, and mentioned that “something happened to me that almost ended the campaign.”
Before he could go on, a prosecutor’s objection was sustained.
Minutes later, Halloran said the campaign was cash-strapped because he had to stop fund raising for several month, but another objection was raised before he could explain why.
Halloran then began discussing his first meeting with Mark “Moses” Stern — a developer who wore a wire and cooperated with the FBI in the sweeping corruption probe that scored indictments against state Sen. Malcolm Smith, Halloran and others.
“He noticed the scar on my head,” Halloran said. “He asked me about that.”
There was no objection, just a chuckle and a shake of the head from the judge.