'Your Honor! This is proper!' Harland Braun gives his opening statement in ex-L.A. deputy mayor Raymond Chan's federal corruption trial

Chan faces decades in prison if convicted in a 12-count indictment alleging a bribery scheme with ex-L.A. City Councilman José Huizar and wealthy real estate developers.

Former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan and his lead lawyer, Harland Braun, outside the new federal courthouse in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (Photo by Meghann M. Cuniff)

The $8,000 bottle of Cognac prompted the first sustained objection.

Defense attorney Harland Braun was a couple minutes into his opening statement in former deputy Los An…