SAN DIEGO -- An FBI agent who worked on the alleged council corruption case from 1999 until 2003 will provide more testimony Wednesday at the federal corruption trial of four men, including two city councilmen.

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FBI Special Agent Leonard Davey said Tuesday that strip club owner Michael Galardi and lobbyist Lance Malone asked government informant Tony Montagna to find San Diegans who would give $250 to the 2002 campaign of then-council candidate Michael Zucchet, now one of the men on trial.

"We didn't know Tony Montagna was going to be approached by Lance Malone and Michael Galardi," the agent testified.

Montagna took on the role of listing San Diego donors to Zucchet's campaign "after he was requested to do so by Mr. Malone and Mr. Galardi," Davey said.

Davey will be on the witness stand for a sixth day in the trial of Zucchet, fellow Councilman Ralph Inzunza, Malone and council aide David Cowan.

The councilmen are accused of taking monetary bribes from Galardi, owner of Cheetah's, in return for help in repealing San Diego's "no-touch" dancing ordinance. The law, enacted in October 2000, prohibits patrons from having any physical contact with dancers in adult entertainment establishments.

Inzunza and Zucchet claim any monies received were legal campaign contributions.

The councilmen and Malone were charged nearly two years ago with extortion, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Cowan, a former aide to the late Councilman Charles Lewis, is charged with lying to the FBI.

Lewis was also indicted in August 2003 but died last summer of complications from liver disease.

Galardi and Cheetah's San Diego manager, John D'Intino, pleaded guilty in 2003 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Galardi is expected to begin testifying for the prosecution by the end of the week.

Upon questioning by Zucchet's attorney, Jerry Coughlan, Davey testified Tuesday that Inzunza asked Malone in February 2002 to raise $2,000 for Zucchet's campaign.

Inzunza said the money couldn't come from any strip club owners, bouncers or dancers, Davey testified.

In October 2002, Inzunza asked Malone to come up with another $3,000 for Zucchet, the FBI agent testified.

In a secretly recorded conversation played for jurors, Inzunza told Malone, "I think (Zucchet's) looking pretty good. It's gonna be close."

Davey told Coughlan that the FBI didn't consider the fact that the bureau might be affecting the outcome of the November 2002 election by involving Montagna in the raising of $3,000 for Zucchet.

Michael Pancer, Inzunza's attorney, peppered Davey with questions about Montagna's involvement with a San Diego police detective playing the role of a corrupt vice officer.

Davey said Montagna just went along with Malone's plan to get the supposedly corrupt officer to testify before the City Council's Public Safety and Neighborhood Service Committee about the adult entertainment ordinance.

There was never any thought of having the vice officer go before the committee and suggest "no-touch" wasn't working, Davey testified.