NEWARK — Hudson County Freeholder Jose Munoz wore an FBI wire and secretly taped West New York Mayor Felix Roque talking about the website he and his son are accused of criminally hacking, Munoz testified in federal court yesterday.

Munoz, testifying for the prosecution, told the court that the day after his www.recallroque.com website was taken down without his knowledge last year he received a phone call from Roque.

“He told me he had very powerful friends in very powerful places and anyone who had a connection with the website would pay for it,” Munoz testified. “I was afraid and I was angry.”

Munoz said he went to the FBI and then set up an appointment with Roque at town hall, meeting beforehand with FBI agents who wired him.

On the recording, which was played in court, the mayor is heard saying: “I have access, or should I say someone has access to that recall website. I have transcripts and your name is attached to that.“

Roque also makes a phone call and says: “Son, do me a favor and get me a transcript of recallroque. I want to show Freeholder Munoz when his name came up.”

Asked why he had set up the website under the fake name Maria Pascuale, Munoz said: “I was afraid of retaliation from the mayor and the people around him.”

According to prosecutors, on Feb. 8, 2012, Joseph Roque had hacked into online accounts connected to the website and sabotaged it in a conspiracy with his father. Then, it is alleged, Mayor Roque harassed and attempted to intimidate several people he believed were associated with the website.

One of those alleged victims, Hudson County Sheriff’s Office Director of Community Outreach Emilio Del Valle, testified earlier yesterday that the mayor had called him saying he had proof he was involved in the website and threatening to stick pins in a voodoo doll of him.

“You get a call from a guy from the Army, a colonel in the Army, it’s a different story. You have a position of power,” Del Valle said, alluding to the mayor’s position in the Army Reserves. “It bothered me. It bothered me very muchÂI didn’t feel threatened. I felt bad he accused me of something I didn’t do.”

Both Roques are charged with unauthorized access to computers, using that access to harass individuals and conspiracy.

Munoz will continue on the stand when the trial resumes at 9:30 a.m. Monday in U.S. District Court Judge Kevin McNulty’s courtroom.

The prosecution is expected to present one more witness before the defense takes its turn.