PHILADELPHIA — A defense lawyer for former state Sen. Vincent Fumo told jurors on Thursday that his client got relatively little from a nonprofit he started, despite charges he defrauded it.

During a closing argument in Fumo's federal corruption trial, lawyer Edwin Jacobs said the Democrat could have pocketed a large commission for steering a $17 million gift from local electricity provider Peco Energy to a neighborhood revitalization group during state deregulation talks.

He said fundraisers often take a commission, which would have entitled Fumo to millions of dollars. Instead, he took perhaps $63,000 in gifts, perks and favors over five years, Jacobs said.

"This is an overblown, overreaching prosecution that should have never gotten this far," Jacobs said. "But because Sen. Fumo has his fingerprints on the case, the overriding assumption is that everything he does, and touches, is wrong."

During the four-month trial, prosecutors said Fumo, 65, defrauded the Citizens' Alliance for Better Neighborhoods out of $1.1 million by improperly taking its vehicles, power tools, staff time and other assets.

In all, they allege Fumo cheated the nonprofit, the Senate and a museum out of $3.5 million to avoid paying for political polls, lawsuits, housekeepers, vehicles, drivers, private investigators and other expenses.

There's no session today, and the defense is expected to finish its closing argument early next week. Then the judge will give the case to the jury.