David Sanson is photographed in the offices of DeNova Homes in Concord, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group archive) Dan Honda TNS The $5,000 that one of DeNova Homes' founders allegedly stuffed inside a blood-orange coffee mug and handed to an Antioch City Council member was not a bribe, but a "legitimate" campaign contribution, the developer's attorneys have argued in new court filings.